We’re obviously a society in need of some security. And when things get as bad as they are out there, the basic comforts of a soft sweater, a hot cup of tea, and a dog on your lap can make all the difference.
I like to contextualize things, so I’m gonna say that’s what the current knit-mania is about – giving us a little Linus blanket when everything feels so scary. Take the Masquerade knitting collective that is covering half of Stockholm’s infrastructure in “custom” sweaters… or the crochet-covered bus driving around Mexico City created by the awesomely named collective Knitta Please! Fashion’s pied pipers Commes des Garçons and Colette are even knitting it up. CDG just did a line with couldn’t-be-knittier Arne & Carlos. And, as a friend informed me when he was in Paris doing his show at Colette, knitting team Wool & The Gang was installing a knit “winter chalet” complete with looped fireplace and all.
Well, I have been known to knit a mean muffler. I may have to bust out my number 9′s.
