I did a presentation at the Tyneside Cinema on 15 Sept 2009 about some knitting and technology projects I have been working on, and to recruit local knitter to an event on 25 September at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead on 25 September 2009.

1. From knit-a-blog to Twitter Knitters and beyond A knitting and technology odyssey with the glittyknittykitties 9/17/09 1

2. Knit-a-blog It started with an email…. glittrgirl read your blog - you have names for clothes and you like bright colors too. Knit on! Is it possible to knit a garment in the style of a blog? September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 2

3. Knit-a-blog http://www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk/archive/artykitty/knitablog/index.html 20 participants recruited from the Knittyboard (http://www.knittyboard.com) The object reached its final destination in November 2006. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 3

4. Knit-a-blog Picked up by Ele Carpenter (http://www.eleweekend.blogspot.com/) for the Open Source Embroidery (http://www.open-source-embroidery.org.uk/) exhibition which has been shown at: HTTP in London, 16 May – 15 June 2008 BildMuseet, Umeå University, Sweden6 June - 6 September, 2009 Currently in transit for a show in San Francisco September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 4

5. Knit-a-blog September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 5

6. Knit-a-blog September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 6

7. Knit-a-blog September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 7

8. Twitter Knitters Challenge issued on 2 September 2009 To be completed at the Shipley Art Gallery on 25th September by 10pm September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 8

9. Twitter Knitters Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to bring something, post something or to knit something on the night (or indeed all) in 140 stitches or less. Based on the 140 character limit to the microblogging and social networking site, Twitter, we have devised a series of rules to help get your creative juices flowing. Join us as we build Twitter Knitters at the Shipley. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 9

10. Twitter Knitters Knit something in 140 stitches or less to contribute to Twitter Knitters. 140 stitches must include your cast on and cast off rows, any increases or decreases. Twitter Knitters is a community based collaborative knitting and decoration project intended for fun, to stimulate creativity and wackiness and to provide a conduit for tangential knitting, textile art and good humoured tactile banter, based on the 140 character limit imposed by Twitter. The idea of Twitter is central to this challenge. If you have a Twitter account and are taking part, please capture your contribution on Twitter, preferably with a pic and using the tag #shipleytwitterknitters. Knitted Tweets (small projects or bits of knitting) will be created by glittrgirl and all who want to take part, and passed round as knitting WIPs (works in progress) to anyone who wants to add to them, or create their own Tweets on 25th September 2009, at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, 6pm - 10pm. These Tweets will be joined together to create a Twitter Knitter stream. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 10

11. Twitter Knitters Tweets may be made prior to the event, either as pure Twitter Tweets (Twitter entries), and/or as Knitted Tweets. To be included in the physical Twitter Knitter stream, the Tweets must be available during the hours of 6 and 10pm on 25th September in the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. If you wish to take part from outside of the immediate area, please send your 140 stitch masterpiece, to arrive no later than noon GMT on 24th September 2009 to: Twitter Knitters58 Low Friar StreetNewcastle upon Tyne NE1 5UE Participants on the night of 25th September may add to, embellish, graft on to, attach, change colour, pattern, yarn or in any other way increase the modalities of textile conversation in the Twitter Knitter stream. Participants must NOT frog, remove or alter any work done to point of receipt unless there are specific instructions to do so, which you are entitled to ignore if you so wish. Participants may use any materials or embellishments preferred, but by agreeing to take part must agree to add at least 20 stitches of knitting to the Twitter Knitter stream. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 11

12. Twitter Knitters The challenge is to be as creative as you can in 140 stitches or less - use whatever size needles you like, as many strands of yarn held together as you wish, increase, decrease, short rows, create a 2 dimensional or a three dimensional addition, add buttons, bows, ribbons, sequins and shiny things. By agreeing to participate you agree to contribute freely your time, ideas, yarn, embellishments and postage (if applicable). Knitted Tweets cannot be returned. They will form part of the larger Twitter Knitter stream of objects. By agreeing to take part you are putting your work and ideas into the public domain, and as such should be prepared to allow your work to be altered and added to by others. By agreeing to take part you give over the right of others to alter and redistribute your work. The Twitter Knitter challenge will end at 10pm GMT on 25th September. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 12

13. Twitter Knitters By agreeing to take part you are putting your work and ideas into the public domain, and as such should be prepared to allow your work to be altered and added to by others. By agreeing to take part you give over the right of others to alter and redistribute your work. The Twitter Knitter challenge will end at 10pm GMT on 25th September. September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 13

14. Twitter Knitters What next? Who knows! Plans afoot….. knitML …. Ravelry….. Open Licensing ….. Creative Commons …… September 09 www.glittyknittykitty.co.uk 14