Last year, Chris and I celebrated World Wide Knit in Public Day at Broadview Espresso. This year, after hearing about Streetknit’s plans for a group knitting world record attempt, we went out to the Junction to join in.

It would have taken more than 1,000 knitters to set the record. I actually thought it was possible so I couldn’t help but feel some disappointment when the final count was somewhere between 150 and 200 knitters. In a crafty city like Toronto!? Maybe next year.

[Photos 1 & 3 courtesy of Chris]

World Wide Knit in Public Day is actually four days across two weekends – this weekend and next. We participated by taking some knitting down to Broadview Espresso and watching the graffiti artists at work on Paul’s Milk.

It was all very exciting. We watched the woman pictured pick a fight with the graffiti artists. The word she used was “disgraceful.” I think the day was a success. One non-knitter compared Chris to his own mother. We liked it.