How to crochet a poem

 

"Now replaced by light"
from Line 12 in the poem

Each strand is a line from the poem

Each chain is a character in the line

Each bead represents a contributor to the poem

Catch up 

Read the original poem and how the #DS106 activity came about. Since the collaborative poem has been written, there are a number of educators that are diving into remixes.

"remix as an emergent, iterative, collaborative, critical practice with transformative possibilities for openly networked web-mediated professional learning" Smith et al (2016)

How to crochet a collaborative poem

1. Take a mental snapshot of the 106 Lines of Colour 

2. Vision: Flip it, monochrome and wrap it around a light bulb (Line 1 meets Line 106)

3. Import the original poem in Excel and use =LEN(A1) to determine the character length of each line

4. Crochet a base with 106 stitches on the edge

5. From each edge stitch, crochet a line of the poem with a single chain for each character

6. Attach 44 beads around the fringe to represent each writer/collaborator of the poem

7. Stiffen the base and sew in a wire ring. Steam iron the strands

8. Assemble the crochet over the desktop lamp base.

9. Option: buy a groovy, retro bulb to add interest to the light

All images: Wendy Taleo, 2021

References and Inspo

#EduKnitNight - A group of educators/makers that get together and discuss their (mostly yarn and needle) projects

Smith, A., West-Puckett, A., Cantrill, C., and Zamora, M. (2016) “Remix as Professional Learning: Educators’ Iterative Literacy Practice in CLMOOC.” Education Sciences 6, no. 1 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6010012.

Twigger Holroyd, Amy. “Reknit Revolution.” Reknit Revolution (blog), n.d. https://reknitrevolution.org/reknit-spectrum/.