Outside:inside Festival Reading (Crochet Graffiti)


The festival


Myself

Working with the Outcasts.
The first of many projects I hope, more news to follow. I just want to say a big thank you to all the fellow Blankie Outcastians.



Forbury in bloom.



Forbury Reading


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbury_Gardens

Where we should have been, but the weather in the UK is just awful and the rain has not stopped falling. Summer? what summer.

Wellington's required, so the forecast said. We where very lucky and the rain came as we finished but a wet knitted field would not have been a pretty picture. The venue change was defiantly for the best.





Destination change.............


Butter market not far from jelly /renegade knitters where on the loose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Street,_Reading

http://www.jelly.org.uk/





When are socks and croc's are cool?.......


When they are in fact crocodile brogues with hand made socks. These

Funky shoes where worn by a very funky character.

One of my blanket/Graffiti meets.


Now here is where the funny story's could start, but I think Ill just leave it with the cool.

(we don't need to mention prison? oop's I did, you have to ask me when you see me.)

And a thank you to the random bottle of beer brought for the ladies, I guess he figured we needed a treat or though to be honest with the colourful collaboration of international, more Moet & Chandon would springs to mind than beer;-).



Graffiti in the pubs.



VIVACIOUS we figured maybe that with a beer or two the public may not notice my dyslexic mistake and if they did! who cares. My Crochet in a Reading pub, very cool very street art.



Thanks again, Mel, Suzanne, Kira, Barbara and malenie,
not forgetting Bama and Louie. And anyone that stopped to K.I.P.



Press so far

http://www.wix.com/outsideinside/outside-inside-festival


http://www.getreading.co.uk/entertainment/s/2076796_music_and_arts_at_outsideinside_
festivals_forbury_finale

Quoted


Knitters Outcast will be making a giant picnic blanket surrounded by knitted graffiti by Alison Friday in the gardens and on the theatre stage, an open mic show run by
Kangaroo Court will offer opportunities for singing dancing, monologues and improvisation.


http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/news/national/9424/Outside:Inside+Festival+Returns

Quoted

Outside:Inside Festival will also be celebrating visual and performing arts through a
variety of exhibitions, installations, interactive performances and workshops. Participating
artists and groups include The Rising Sun Arts Centre with their three roving carnival
creations, Vicky Vergou with her "Language Box" interviewing people and Ann Rapstoff's
piece "Office for the Dissemination of Sympathy" A mini art market featuring many local
artists will take place on Saturday 14 August. The final festival weekend amongst other
art activities, you can join the Outcasts (a group of renegade knitters) making a giant
picnic blanket surrounded by knitted graffiti by Alison Friday in the Forbury Gardens
followed by a spellbinding performance of "The River" beside the Holy Brook.