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The Guardian - UK
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Knit the City: stitching up London - in pictures

Knit the City: A herd of stitched sheep on London Bridge for Wool Week 2010
Handmade Herd
A herd of stitched sheep on London Bridge for Wool Week 2010
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Phone Box Cosy
Phone Box Cosy
Knit the City's most daring yarnstorm in CCTV-ridden Parliament Square
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Hubbub of Hearts
Hubbub of Hearts
A string of handmade hearts 8-metres above London's Piccadilly Circus for Valentine's Day
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Plarchie (Squidius Knittius Giganticus Plasticus)
Plarchie (Squidius Knittius Giganticus Plasticus)
Deadly Knitshade's 8-metre handknitted giant squid, made from 160 plastic bags, hangs with Darwin at London's Natural History Museum
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: The Fastener's White Rabbit
Wall of Wonderland
The Fastener's White Rabbit, part of an Alice in Wonderland yarnstorm outside London's IMAX cinema
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Nutcracker Knitmare Before Christmas
Nutcracker Knitmare Before Christmas
The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House is attacked by tiny characters from the Nutcracker Suite
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Oranges and Lemons Odyssey
Oranges and Lemons Odyssey, Shoreditch
Lady Loop's part of a six-hour installation that yarnstormed all six churches from the Oranges and Lemons nursery rhyme. The first live yarnstorm on Twitter @knitthecity
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
Knit the City: Web of Woe
Web of Woe
A 13-foot woolly web of horror with over 40 doomed creatures and a hungry handmade spider beneath Waterloo Station
Photograph: knitthecity.com/Lauren O'Farrell
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