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The Poetry Society's Knitted Poem Unveiled

October 08, 2009
The Poetry Society rolled out its giant centenary poem at the British Library, London, on 7 October. Revealed in its full glory, the eye-popping, 7 x 9 metre, hand-knitted version of Dylan Thomas’s ‘In my Craft or Sullen Art’ (available on the Poetry Society’s homepagestopped passers-by in their tracks and quickly drew an admiring crowd. This included knitters and crocheters who had helped to make the piece (and for whom it was the first opportunity to see it fully assembled), as well as the national press.

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Source: The Poetry Society website, 8 October 2009
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