Lauren O'Farrell

Lauren O'Farrell
Lauren O'Farrell
Born	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Pen name	Deadly Knitshade
Occupation	Author, artist
Genre	knitting, craft, street art
Website
whodunnknit.com

Lauren O'Farrell (born June 1977), also known as Deadly Knitshade, is an English author and artist. She is best known for playing a major part in the beginnings of the UK graffiti knitting street art scene,^[1] creating the Stitch London craft community^[2] and founding graffiti knitting and craft collective Knit the City.

As a graffiti knitting street artist she is attributed with creating the term 'yarnstorming'^[3] as a less violent alternative to the popular yarnbombing in graffiti knitting and the creation of the 'stitched story' style of graffiti knitting^[4] using amigurumi and handmade objects to create a themed artwork rather than the traditional cosy.

Lauren creates her art under the Whodunnknit label and works and lives in London.

Books

O'Farrell, Lauren (2011) Stitch London: 20 Kooky Ways to Knit the City and More UK: David & Charles
Knitshade, Deadly (2011) Knit the city: A Whodunnknit Set in London. UK: Summersdale.
O'Farrell, Lauren (2013) Stitch New York: 20 Kooky Ways to Knit the City and More UK: David & Charles

References

↑ Costa, Maggie (20 April 2010). "The graffiti knitting epidemic". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
↑ "Deadly Knitshade: 'get out there and use the world as your art gallery'". The Guardian. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "Knitting but not as we know it". BBC. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
↑ "London's graffiti knitters". Telegraph. May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-05.

External links

Knitting

Tools and materials	Knitting needle Knitting needle cap Needle gauge List of yarns for crochet and knitting Row counter Stitch holder

Yarn styles	Bouclé Eyelash Novelty Variegated

Yarn brands	Coats PLC Lion Brand Lopi Eisaku Noro Company

Styles	Circular Combined knitting Continental knitting English knitting Flat Warp knitting Weft knitting

Stitches	Stockinette/Stocking stitch Garter Decrease Dip stitch Elongated stitch Increase Plaited stitch Yarn over

Techniques	Basketweave Bead knitting Bias knitting Binding/Casting off Bobble Brioche knitting Buttonhole Cables Casting on Double knitting Drop-stitch knitting Entrelac Faggoting Finger knitting Gather Grafting Hemming Lace Medallion knitting Picking up stitches Pleat Ribbing Shadow knitting Short row Slip-stitch knitting Spool knitting Steek Three needle bindoff Tuck Uneven knitting Weaving Welting

Patterns	Aran Argyle Fair Isle Intarsia

Machine knitting	Complete garment knitting Fully fashioned knitting Knitting machine Knitting Nancy Stocking frame William Lee

Knitters and designers	Nicky Epstein Kaffe Fassett Marianne Kinzel Shannon Okey Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Alice Starmore Debbie Stoller Meg Swansen Barbara G. Walker Elizabeth Zimmermann

Organizations	British Hand Knitting Confederation I Knit London Knitting clubs Ravelry Revolutionary Knitting Circle Stitch 'n Bitch World Wide Knit in Public Day

Related	Basic knitted fabrics Blocking Dye lot Gauge History Knitta Knitty Knitted fabric Knitting abbreviations Selvage Steek Yarn bombing

Street art

Culture	Activism Aerosol paint Culture jamming Direct action Graffiti (terminology use theory) Guerrilla art Hip hop culture Installation art Murals Propaganda Reverse graffiti Screenprinting Spray paint art Stencil graffiti Sticker art Subway Art Yarn bombing Wheatpaste

Lists of artists	Street Graffiti Poster Stencil Wheatpaste

Places	Atlanta Berlin (Berlin Wall) Hong Kong (Free Ai Weiwei campaign) Melbourne New York City (5 Pointz) Philadelphia San Francisco (Balmy Alley Clarion Alley) São Paulo (Beco do Batman) Southeastern Brazil (pichação) Sydney (Newtown area) Tehran Toronto

Events	The Cans Festival Living Walls See No Evil Pasadena Chalk Festival Sarasota Chalk Festival

Related articles	Built environment New York City Subway Public art Public space Psychogeography Rapid transit Street party Urban acupuncture Urban planning Vandalism

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