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events

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Blickfang Design Fair. Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. October 2009.

Frauenmuseum Bonn, Germany. 2010.

knitting staff

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:42:08 +0000

By purchasing a schlampe you are supporting the rural arts. And you give senior women the chance to knit LUST, instead of boring, green military socks, for free.

Your knitters live in the southernmost Austrian state, chiefly famous for its mountains and lakes. Their experienced hands produce unique, high-quality work. Let me introduce you to your personal knitter:

Elisabeth T.
Elisabeth likes to work with all kinds of materials and employs various techniques - she felts wool, sews fabric and designs jewelry with stones. She is a member of the local knitting circle that meets once a month. On that occasion finished pieces are presented and patterns are shared.

Anna S.
Anna was trained as a seamstress and currently works as a designer for traditional costumes. Since her fingers are never idle, she finds time to knit at night, while watching TV. She concedes, that sometimes she falls asleep while knitting.

Gerlinde M.
Gerlinde likes to knit, but her personal speciality is making bees out of straw. The bees get arranged in hanging mobiles or freestanding sculptures.

Rosalia K.
Rosalia is also a member of the local knitting circle. She has always been making things by hand. When she was little her mother used to hide little treats in her skeins. When a skein was finsihed, she was rewarded.

Herta B.
Herta is full of energy and has a loud, hearty laugh. She can make anything with a needle and a skein of yarn. She recently finished a pair of stockings for the traditional lederhosen (Austrian traditional costume), that blew everyone’s minds. It features twisted stitches, bobbles and cables.

turn her on

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The package you will receive includes the lamp shade, a white metallic mounting ring, an E 27 bulb socket, a colored textile cable (two-core or three-core) and a personalized info card.

Maintenance and safety
If you want to clean your schlampe, just brush it off. Wool cleans easily. Dirt sits on the outside surface of the wool fiber, which consists of a series of overlapping scales, similar to the feathers on a bird. Stains can easily be lifted out.
Wool is the only fiber that naturally resists flaming. Because of this quality many public buildings use wool or wool blends for their upholstered fabrics or carpets.

Installation
1. Quick and easy - without textile cable: It is no different from any lamp shade set-up. Just screw the white metallic ring directly onto your existing bulb socket.
2. With textile cable: If you decide to use the color textile cable, which is included in your package and matches your lamp shade, you will need to do some basic electrical wiring. This instructional How to install a light fixture video could be helpful.

Switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs!
Incandescent bulbs are inefficient — 90 percent of their electricity is wasted as heat. Compact fluorescent light bulbs use 75 percent less electricity than your usual incandescent bulbs. For more information you can check out the Environmental Defense Fund.

contact

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:34:51 +0000

Your questions and comments are always welcome.

Contact and credits

Concept, Design: Christiane Forstnig

schlampe (at) schlampenshop.com

(T) 0041 76 545 2617

(T) 0043 676 3158598

Studio Photography: Vera Hartmann
Patient support: Sebastian Harms
Persuasive accessory: James Piatt
Thanks to KnitPro Application: microrevolt

schlampen

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