Over the weekend I visited Museum of Design Atlanta. MODA is in midtown, across Peachtree Street from the High Museum of Art. Because I don't like driving or parking in the city, I took MARTA to N5 Arts Center. If you don't have mobility issues, it is easy to walk up a couple flights of stairs, cross the Sifly Piazza, and cross Peachtree Street. MODA is one of those places that always seems to have enthusiastic, young, artsy energy. The gift shop is full of tempting books and products. Because it focuses on design rather than art, MODA has the freedom to showcase riskier or uncommon works. The current exhibit, Threads of Change: Design & Data , is full of textile-based objects. The exhibit runs through Sunday 25 May 2025; that gives you until Memorial Day to get over to see it. The central object is the Black Gold Tapestry by Sandra Sawatzky. The inspiration is obviously the Bayeux Tapestry , depicting William the Conqueror in 1066. It ...
The Knitting Guild Association's Next Level Knitting Conference is coming up in about six weeks. This annual virtual event continues to be a great opportunity to improve your skills, whatever your knitting level. I've been very fortunate to teach for this group multiple times. This year I'm teaching "Legible Double-Knitting," which is a subset of my old " Practical Double-Knitting " class. Whenever I teach for TKGA, I review and update my handout and samples. In this situation, I took a piece of a class and made it a stand-alone lesson. I added in some new material. I needed a new swatch. The obverse side of my swatch has the letter "k" for knit five times. The blue letter is on a white background. The reverse side has multiple options. From top to bottom: random identical legible with inverse colors (Rik Schell's method) legible with inverse colors (traditional method) normal non-legible double-knitti...