New York knitting community: you are needed. The New Zealand oil spill has left cute, little penguins in need of warmth and protection. A call has been put out for knitters to make penguin sweaters. Yes, PENGUIN SWEATERS. Undoubtedly, the most adorable thing you'll hear all week. According to Grist, a yarn store has even posted patterns for how to knit "penguin jumpers" (hold up, penguin jumpers is now the most adorable thing you'll hear all week), and they've included where the finished products can be sent. more ›

Remember the Alamo! Knit-bombing artist Olek is at it again. Rather than join up with the Wall Street occupation (she's been there, done that) the artist took her particular brand of expression to Astor Place last night and crocheted a cozy for The Alamo (a.k.a. The Cube.) Her bright yarn doesn't even seem to be messing with the piece's ability to turn. Plus, it looks warm! Not as warm as her apartment, but what does? more ›

Remember the Icicle Audi of Winter 2011? Well, we'd like to believe this is a warm weather tribute to it. Knit warrior Olek's springtime homage to the car that fed the headlines for weeks, if you will. The car is currently set up at Elizabeth and Broome Streets, and is much more colorful than this boring monochromatic one we saw back in 2009. But either way, do you think this kind of DIY car cozy is an effective anti-theft device, and will it exempt you from alternate side of the street parking? Discuss. more ›

Olek, she who adorned the Wall Street bull in colorful knit, has gone and knit an entire apartment. There is officially nothing left to knit now. Her crocheted knit digs are actually at the Christopher Henry Gallery (and will be there through May), and according to Animal includes a knit dildo, a knit toilet, and just about anything you'd find in a typical New Yorker's apartment. This is possibly the only extra small apartment a real estate agent could list in this city where the term "cozy" would actually mean cozy! Check out more photos here. more ›

If you're an object without a knit, well, you are doing it wrong. Seriously, what isn't getting knit these days? Back in 2009 the crafty Knitta Please crew adorned parking meters in Brooklyn Heights with some colorful custom pieces, then Olek raised the bar with some knit bikes, and more recently outdid herself by creating a custom knit for the Wall Street bull. While this latest project isn't nearly as ambitious, it is adorable: someone has given the trees in South Slope little tree sweaters! more ›

Street artist Olek recently gave the Wall Street Bull a new look with this custom crocheted outfit... but she says, “It lasted 2 hours." She posted this photo on her Facebook yesterday, with the message: "Happy Bullish 2011!" By that time the bull had shed its new colorful skin, however—which is a shame because those colors probably would have really popped in this blizzard! [via Animal] more ›