Highlighting the then recent trend of needle arts by young snowboarders and other hipsters, the New York Times had an article in early 2007 on a show at the Museum of Arts and Design entitled, "Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting". The show displayed the works of several knitters, crocheters and lace-makers who are changing the face of the crafts by reinterpreting your grandmother's doilies.
My favorite piece is the sweater that shows exactly why the TSA banned knitting needles on airplanes. It is a sweater and head stabbed with knitting needles and the message, "Crafts Kill".
San Francisco, a year behind, but not to be outdone, has a new show in SOMA this month entitled, "When Doilies Go Bad". It opened September 4, 2008 at the Soap Gallery, 806 South Van Ness, San Francisco, CA.
Seeing these would definitely put starch in your grandmother's doilies.
Most have expletives and obscenities crocheted into doilies. The piece I really like, however, is the skulls doily.
So take that macho world. I'm going to become a subversive knitter of socks and radical sweaters and you can't stop me!
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