Adapted from General Ginger....

I recently found myself with a free day.  There were no plans, no commitments, no projects to complete, no nothing.  That could mean only one thing: road trip!

Zooming along the back roads of the Berkshire hilltowns, I arrived in North Adams, Massachusetts, Mass MoCA to be more specific.  The museum has been open for more than six years, and I hadn't yet been.  Shame on me!

You're probably wondering where am I going with all this.  I'm going to tell you that there was a lot of knitting happening at this museum.  You might know that Mass MoCA was the location of David Cole's Knitting Machine.  The flag is now folded and in a case, but there's a video installation of the project, if you're interested.

That wasn't all.  There were the knitting needles:

Evolution of the Knitting Needle Through Modern Warfare, David Cole, 2001.  It doesn't photograph very well.  From the exhibit's press release "In Evolution of the Knitting Needle Through Modern Warfare -- which Cole describes as 'hypothetical anthropology' -- each set of needles references a specific war in American history. The piece contrasts a basic form of production, knitting, with the progress of technology made through war. It is a study of the relationship between technology and violence." 

Okay.

Then there were the paintings (all photographs taken without a flash, if you're concerned):

The New (Das Neue), Neo Rauch, 2003

Is she knitting?  I don't see the other needle,  but let's just assume that she is.

Finally, I'll leave you with this, just because I liked it:

Planks (Bretter), David Schnell, 2005