National Portrait Gallery Kitchener Poster

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Having successfully brought chill winds and rain to bear upon UK knitters hoping to make the most of our outdoor knitting spots it's time to go underground. I had a meeting in London yesterday and saw a poster in the tube which caught my eye:

Image from thedrum.co.uk

It was the word Knitter that jumped out. Love this campaign from the National Portrait Gallery.

Comments

Anna said…
Umm - I'm the one responsible for the ad! I had to research little known facts about sitters in the collection. It made me giggle so much to be able to get knitting into the campaign. Although I did try not to get them to say he was actually a knitter, there's no evidence that he was.
9 June 2009 at 10:07:00 BST
Linda said…
Well done Anna for being the one who did that ad! Its great!
I love your socks Sarah and the Baktus looks nice in the yarn you are using.
9 June 2009 at 17:25:00 BST
Marianne said…
Aye, Lord Kitchener! How cool is that!
Good job, Anna! and thank you, Sarah, for posting about it.
9 June 2009 at 18:27:00 BST
Rose Red said…
I LOVE this!! So cool. Are they selling the posters - because that would be way cool too!!
12 June 2009 at 00:16:00 BST
Artis-Anne said…
Great poster and isn't it funny how one word can'pop' out . Love your knitting spot in the last post plus all your green knits too:)
16 June 2009 at 15:24:00 BST
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