Knit Plastic in Crises

Welcome to our KnitPiC site, the home of Mrs Polly Mer and Mrs Polly Ester, where we welcome you to join us to Knit Plastic in Crises as a way to save the world from drowning in plastic. We want to use knitting as a way to bring awareness to the plight of the oceans and other species on the planet who are disappearing as a result of plastic, pollution and global warming.

Here in our site, we encourage you to use your imagination and creativity to knit, recycle and refashion plastic and other discarded objects into items of wit, provocation and beauty, for the betterment of the world and your own self. We ask you to join us in our quest and spread the word.

We are currently working on an installation and performance for the Sydney Fringe in September. We are creating a knitted underwater installation, full of knitted marine life and sea creatures made from recycled materials (as much as possible - already we could not resist buying some beautiful wool) and are using carbon neutrality as a way to inform the aesthetic.

How can we reduce the carbon footprint of the show, bring awareness about environmental issues and look sexy at the same time? Well we plan to use lights and sound powered by renewable energies as well as create our costume and set out of recycled materials - this is where you come in:

So we are looking for creative contributions of knitted sea creatures - turtles, fish, crabs etc - from all over the world to add to our collection. It does not have to be big, in fact small and savvy is good. We will attach your name to the creature and it will go on display in the installation and become part of our set, where we will do 'submerged' performances for intimate audiences - first in a coffee shop and second in a mobile venue (caravan, submarine or pop-up performance pod)