I just came across this fiber artist, Yulie Urano in American Craft magazine. her creations are made from yarn into thick long colorful ropes. With her self made ropes she creates knitwear unlike traditional knitwear.
Urano was raised in Kansas City to Japanese born parents. She comes from a background of women who worked with fibers. Her grandmothers were kimono makers and indigo shibori dryers and her mother sewed toys and clothes for her family. Urano started out as a sociology major and soon switched to studio art. It was at the University of Colorado where she really began to discover the interest she had for fiber arts. Soon she was completing an art program at Kansas City Art Institutes fiber arts programs.
The fibers she works with are very large and there are no needles available for her to knit with. Urano's needles are her hands and she knits her works right onto her body. She is well known for her signature cowlneck sweaters.
Urano also uses her Japanese heritage to create felted wool creatures inspired by Japanese Kawaii, which means cute.
Read more about Urano at American Craft.
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