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Portrait of Amos
by: Amos

Far away places and twists on common tales – fiber arts news

SheepView360 – happiness returns to the web

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Oh Faroe Islands – remote home to amazing knitting and fiber arts culture… and adorable sheep… could you get any more awesome? When we saw this in CityLab post on the islands efforts to get Google Street View to cover their land, we were interested. Then we hopped over to SheepView360, where you can watch videos taken by sheep who are doing Google’s work in the mean time, and our faith in the goodness of the internet was restored. Be sure to click-and-drag in 360-degrees while the videos are playing!

Yarn bombing, mind bending

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We see a lot of news posts on Yarn Bombing these days. This post, featuring Julia Riordan, based in Stockholm, caught our eye with some particularly creative street art. High-concept 3D, yes please! Gets us thinking…

10-year old empathy for the win!

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We are also amazed by the steady generosity of the fiber arts community; it’s difficult to choose sometimes among the wonderful efforts world wide we’d like to share. This HuffPo post on Garett Lowery, and the video by the local news station, are just so powerful. Garett knit 50 hats for children battling cancer. His words are moving, and his hope for helping others is hopefull for us all!

Kyrgyz Felting

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Finally, Kyrgyzstan. Specifically, we came across a post on Selvedge about the efforts of Aidai Asangulova to support both traditional and modern felting arts in Kyrgystan. We also found an earlier, wonderful interview and story here: It’s a wonderfully complete tale of melding tradition and progress in the fiber arts, while holding on to what’s important about fiber arts and community. Round out this far-flung felting tale with a visit to Aidai’s own website for her socially responsible business… And then dream about a visit yourself!

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