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I'll be talking about K2TOG with Deirdre Figueiredo of Craftspace tomorrow (13th Sept, 6pm at School of Art, Margaret St, Birmingham) http://www.kalaboration.co.uk/events/

Looking for a home for wool of Olympic proportions...

K2TOG will be up until 30 September, but we are already thinking about what will happen to the wool after the piece has been taken down.

After all the goodwill and time put into the project, we are eager for the wool from the installation to be reused and go to a good cause. We are now looking for people or organisations who would be interested in it.

Over 1300 balls of wool, approximately 220 for each column have been used in order to make the installation, including Alpaca, Merino and a blend of British wool. All are 100% natural fibers.

If you are interested in the used wool, or have any more questions please email.

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Wool for sale

We have some leftover wool from K2TOG for sale. If you are interested get in touch via email.

Artesano Aran in Strathy (cream/white) 50% wool 50% alpaca

5 x 100g skeins which are wound into cakes. 100g £5 plus postage

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Artesano Aran in Wester (red) 50% wool 50% alpaca

2 x 100g skeins which are wound into cakes. 100g £5 plus postage

18 x 100g skeins which have been knitted once, frogged and wound into cakes.

100g £3.50 plus postage

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Artesano Superwash Merino in Sea Blue 100% merino wool

27 x 50g balls. 50g £2.50 plus postage

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Artesano Superwash Merino in Black 100% merino wool

17 x 50g balls. 50g £2.50 plus postage

Some of the many knitters involved in K2TOG. Thank you everyone. We couldn't have done it without you.

#knit graffiti #knit olympics #olympics #birmingham museum and art gallery #birmingham #stitches and hos #knitting

Some more photographs of the finished piece.

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400 volunteer knitters, over 1300 balls of wool and approximately 4500 hours later and we are finished! Thank you so much to everyone who was involved. We couldn't have done it without you.

K2TOG will now remain in place, covering the columns of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 30 September. Please pop down and have a look, and if you contributed you can proudly say 'I knitted that!' :)

Some more installation pictures. Nearly there!

Also, thank you to Midlands Today for coming down to film. The interview with Sara will be broadcast today.

Photo Call

I want to invite everyone who participated in K2TOG to a group photo call in front of the exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 4th August at 9:30am. I would like as many people as possible to come along and be photographed in front of the exhibition so we can commemerate the mammoth effort made by the knitters of Birmingham and beyond. Hope to see you all on 4th August.

#birmingham museum and art gallery #k2tog #knit graffiti #photo call #knitters