To Participate

In order to participate please email me at knittedflowerproject@gmail.com. You can do this by clicking on the mail icon on the right hand side of the blog. Benefits to officially signing up through email include credit on the final artwork and thesis and listing of your blog or website on the participant blogroll. You can also opt to not send an email and participate anonymously. Participation in this knitalong, The Knitted Flower Project is totally voluntary, and any participant may withdraw from the project at anytime without penalty and have their information removed from the project, however, flowers cannot not be returned once they are received. If you are participating anonymously please read The Fine Print and The Story because you will not be receiving an email with this information and it is important to the project.

The Fine Print

You must be 18 or older to participate. Participants will:

• knit flowers based on the basic Knitted Flower Project Pattern
• participate in a group blog at discussing the history of knitting, and the role of knitting in our lives – remember there are no right or wrong answers and these discussions will become the body of my thesis so participants may choose to participate anonymously
• choose which issues to respond to, how long to participate (you may withdraw at any time without penalty), and whether or not to participate anonymously
• read, reflect, and revise throughout the artmaking and thesis writing process – I will ask before using any comments or quotes with names attached to be sure I have a full understanding of the meaning. I want everyone to be represented accurately.
• respect each others opinions and maintain a safe and collaborative atmosphere

The Story

"[A Fine Art Knitalong] is a way to make an artistic impression with an impact unlike any single artist's work." – Larissa Brown, 2008, Knitalong, Fine Art Knitalongs


Thank you so much for your interest in the Knitted Flower Project. The goals of this project are to perpetuate knitting, engage in and encourage communal artmaking, and provide a forum for discussion and dialogue about the role of knitting in the lives of the participants and women in general. There will be two products of this project. The first is a knitted artwork, a garden of individual flowers knit by each participant. The second is my written thesis for a Masters of Arts Policy and Administration based on our conversations and my own historical research, which I plan to share with you throughout the course of this project.

Knitting has experienced resurgence in popularity. Women, myself included, are returning to the craft, learning it for the first time, and re-evaluating it’s potential. As an avid knitter and scholar, I began to see these two aspects of my personality converge. As I began to explore, I discovered that many knitters were telling the same story. They spoke of feminism, anti-consumerism, activism, environmentalism, building friendships and communities, reconnecting to their foremothers, and making something with their hands. The goals of my research are to unpack these issues and desires and then apply them through the act of knitting itself. In order to do this I need creative knitters like you to share your talents and opinions as participants.

Knitted Flower Project Pattern

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