What I find exceptionally cool about this particular group is their social commentary. It's something I am extremely interested in but haven't found a way to do it that is easily communicable through knitting and without resorting to using words or images. Perhaps it is unavoidable.A woollen "tag" left on a Tauranga park bench by someone calling themselves The Woolly Taggers to make a comment of the case of south Auckland youth, Pihema Cameron, who was killed by a property owner last year for tagging a fence. Several of the knitted sleeves have appeared on the armrests of park benches recently. 27 April 2009 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Alan Gibson.
From here
They also got RadioNZ talking - second to last segment on that show.
Good stuff Woolly Taggers! I look forward to more of your stuff appearing around the place.
And if anyone else know of any active groups in NZ, could you please forward me some details? outdoorknit@yahoo.com Thanks!
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Nice to see some craftivism in action .
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