Knitters

DEBBIE ELLIOTT, host: The Knitters are a very serious band, with a very serious approach to classic American roots music.

'Modern Sounds,' a Blast from the Past 2005

DEBBIE ELLIOTT, host: The Knitters are a very serious band, with a very serious approach to classic American roots music.

'Modern Sounds,' a Blast from the Past 2005

The bazaar on base doesn't sell yarn, so the Combat Knitters rely on the relay of middlemen between them and the sheep in Peru.

Kandahar's Combat Knitters use yarn and needles as weapons of self-preservation 2011

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee of the Yarn Harlot knit blog asks you to take the Knitters Without Borderes Challenge.

Knitters Without Borders Beams the Knit Signal for Haiti 2010

The Combat Knitters are women in their early 20s and mid-50s.

Kandahar's Combat Knitters use yarn and needles as weapons of self-preservation 2011

They became the Combat Knitters: Yarn ladies at Kandahar Airfield's NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, a 70,000-square-foot trauma center operated in concert with Canada and the Netherlands.

Kandahar's Combat Knitters use yarn and needles as weapons of self-preservation 2011

But she carves out a little “me” time with the Black Sheep Knitters.

A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

Finally, to encourage relief, Stephanie has started a Knitters Without Borders Tally for knitters who donate.

Knitters Without Borders Beams the Knit Signal for Haiti 2010

As the night went on and the fire in the wood stove dampened down, one by one, the Black Sheep Knitters headed for their beds.

A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

I first learned of her work in the context of performances in various lineups with former members of the great punk band X, and their country offshoot band The Knitters: namely Exene Cervenka, and with Dave Alvin, with whom Ms. Farris played in the video clip embedded above (Dave Alvin & Guilty Women/"Abilene").

Boing Boing 2009