GUESTPHOTO: Minni Purl strikes again
Guest Photo by Minni Purl (or accomplice)
You’ve got your crappy graffiti and taggers splashing slapdash signatures and IDs willy-nilly on walls, marking their spot like dogs peeing on a post. You’ve got your more sophisticated graffitarians, painting mini-masterpieces on the sides of train cars, city walls and abandoned warehouses. You’ve got your major international street artists like Bansky.
Then, there’s Charleston’s own odd iteration of the form 
– and possibly the world’s only knitwear graffiti artist — Minni Purl. I will leave for others to delve into the strange psychology of someone sitting at home, knitting stuff, then mounting it in the dead of the night, thence to e-mail out photos to the local media. I had these photos forwarded to me and pass them on. If copycat graffiti knitwear starts appearing in your neighborhood, don’t blame me. But if they ask for an ID the next time you try to buy yarn, I’d take it up with Minni.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
[…] EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a cross-post from the DowntownWV photoblog, since, well, you just don’t find much graffiti made out of yarn. […]
March 5th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
My favorite picture of Paul Brown’s was the picture of the the man holding the needle …its so open ended in that you can’t tell if he’s a user of drugs or if he has some sort of sickness.I like how he leave it up to the viewer …..
March 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
“If copycat graffiti knitwear starts appearing in your neighborhood, don’t blame me. But if they ask for an ID the next time you try to buy yarn, I’d take it up with Minni.”
minni being the copycat right?
http://knittaplease.com/ABOUT.html
ABOUT KNITTA:
Knitta began in August 2005, when the soon-to-be-Knittas were discussing their frustration over unfinished knitting projects: half-knitted sweaters and balls of yarn gathering dust. That afternoon, they knit their first door handle. Then it dawned on them… a tag crew of knitters, bombing the inner city with vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around everything from beer bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more ambitious outings. With a mix of clandestine moves and gangsta rap — Knitta was born! Today, Knitta is a group of ladies of all ages, nationalities, and… gender.