As a board member of my neighborhood association, I can attest to great horror at the cost (and bureaucracy) involved with public art. Even the most innocuous of pieces starts at several thousand ...

My friend Laurie brought back a clipping from a paper in Kauai (where -- lucky her! -- she'd been on vacation) with a story about Knit Knot Tree, an art project in Yellow Springs, that knit up a ...

Take 700 people, 1,400 knitting needles and 6,000 balls of wool and what do you get? Answer: A 25ft high woollen Christmas tree with branches everywhere! It's official - knitting is back in vogue!