tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:8098567 Knitting but not as you know it Most graffiti is seen as an urban curse that blights our neighbourhoods, but a gentler form of street art is emerging, replacing aerosol cans with needles and wool. 2009-06-13T09:06:48Z News 8098567 38251 true tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:advert:story:8098567 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:ident:news:video:512x288 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:story:8098567 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:8098244 Sailing boat wrapped in knitting Two traditional North East skills have been brought together at a new exhibition at the Customs House at South Shields. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:8021534 Knitted Lives A group of Newcastle women have put on an exhibition of knitting skills in Alnwick Gardens, to illustrate the stories of their lives. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:8017012 Knitted village put up for sale A knitted replica of Mersham - a village near Ashford in Kent - that has taken 23 years to create is to be put up for sale. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:7950212 Chicken in a jumper A woman from Oxfordshire has knitted woolly jumpers for battery hens who have lost their feathers.