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On day of "crying nazi" hearing, knitted "kudzu" shroud covers Court Square statue
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On day of "crying nazi" hearing, knitted "kudzu" shroud covers Court Square statue

David McNair
Nov 09, 2017
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Before sunrise this morning what looked to be a shroud of kudzu covered the Confederate Statue Memorial in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse, the result of a “guerrilla knitting” effort to send a message about Confederate statues on the day "crying nazi" Christopher Cantwell is scheduled to have his first preliminary hearing. The "guerrilla knitting installation,” designed to look like kudzu, was created by a group of knitters from around the country. The knitters made simulations of leaves and vines to form a large natural-looking shroud to cover the statue with, and had hoped to put it up secretly under the cover of darkness. However, almost as soon as it went up it was spotted by an angry citizen who took it down, called police, and threw in a nearby trash bin. But the “Guerrilla Knitters” recovered the leafy shroud and vow to continue their efforts.

"I wanted to do some kind of knitting intervention with the Confederate statues because I believe they serve no useful or artis…

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