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Sirdar and The Shed present,
the original award winning woolly spectacular:
From the W.I. to the avant
garde,
a performance of words, music and knitting..
LINKS
Artists | Knitting Stories
| Design & History | Sponsor
| Organisations
Artists
Billy Jenkins - Official Billy Jenkins website
Ian
McMillan - Official Ian McMillan website
Andy Diagram
- Andy Diagram's 'spaceheads' project
Angie
Harrison - Angie's work as a music therapist
Simon
Thackray - brief biography and a few objects
Knitting
Stories
Knitted Elvis
wig pattern 
Daily
Telegraph 'Why knitting is the new rock'n'roll'
The Times - The 'anxiety culture'
in education
Ian McMillan's Wool In History
The Battle Of Balaclava by Ian McMillan
Peace Fleece
- Knitting for a better world
Knitting Causes Offense - the knitting councillor
Knitting
as audience development - knitters go to the ballet
Knitting
History and Organisations
The Shed
- venue directed by Simon Thackray
V&A - venue for HAT in 2004 - part of
Sirdar sponsored Craft Rocks!
Union
Chapel, London - Time Out Venue Of The Year 2002
The
Knitting and Stitching Show
Resonance 104.4FM - art radio out of London
Cast Off - knitting club
for boys and girls
Sasha Kagan
- knitwear designer
Jean Moss
- knitwear designer
UK
Knitting and Crochet Guild - just as it says
Wool Works
- Volunteer-run - information for handknitters.
Knitting
Guild Of America - just as it says
Learn to
Knit - Craft Yarn Council Of America
Family
Circle Knitting - Learn to knit
Knitting News Groups
Vogue
Knitting - teaching guide.
Allfiberarts
Knitting
Pattern Central
Charitable
Crafters
Stitch
Witch
Knitting-and.com
Yarn
Girls
Knitting Bloggers
Chicknits
- Bonne Marie Burns rambles
Queer Joe's Knitting
Blog - Joe's labour of love
Knitting
blogs - over 800 knitting blogs!
Podcasts
KnitCast - podcasts about kitting by Marie Irshad
Hat Sponsor
and Funders
Sirdar
Arts & Business
Yorkshire Arts
Yorkshire Forward
Arts
Council of England
HAT:
Conceived and produced by Simon
Thackray.
Sponsored by Sirdar
Commissioned by The Shed with
funds from Arts Council England. Original tour in 2001 supported
by ACE and Arts & Business Yorkshire. Union Chapel, London
performance supported by Arts & Business Yorkshire and Yorkshire
Forward. Sirdar and The Shed are winners of the the Arts &
Business Yorkshire Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Arts
/ Business Partnership
The Shed is a registered trademark
of Simon Thackray
© 1992 - 2006 Telephone +44 (0) 1653 668 494
The
Shed "has been
responsible for some of the smallest and most inspired art events
in the country." Guardian
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