Dave Cole's "The Knitting Machine" presented at MASS MoCA on the 4th of July weekend, 2005. Courtesy of Dave Cole, photo by Arjen Noordeman.

Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibit at the Museum of Art & Design

www.madmuseum.org/site/c.drKLI1PIIqE/b.1506945/k.3AD7/Rad...

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Rubblebucket with Alex Toth, Annakalmia Traver, Adam Dotson, Darby Wolf, Craig Myers, Ian Hersey, Dave Cole and Jordan Books at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

Seattle, Washington

Dave Cole and Craig Myers with Rubblebucket at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

my mates and music buddies (from left) ian anderson, andy bridgeman and dave cole

L-R - Dave Cole, me, Greg Marko, Connie Falvo, Brett Craig, and Paul Caster at the Red Fox Inn in Middleberg VA

Dave Cole and Craig Myers with Rubblebucket at Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2011 - © 2011 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Concert Photography

David Cole, Director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT)

'Bullet-Proof Sweater'(1999)

Kevlar

4782 linear feet, hand-knit to size 42 long.

Private Collection

Paul Castner standing in for Rob Ohno of PGA TOUR, Brett Craig, Dave Cole, Dr. Lampert, and Matt Killen with Stacie giving instruction

You can hear the horn section in the songs Come Undone, Leak, December, Lack of Condition, Four & Four, Concede, Ten Years

Terry Freeman on F# Trombone.

Dave Cole on Bb Trumpet.

Martin Charlebois plays along to the recording to help articulate the feelings and impact he wants to convay.

Dave Cole's Knitting Machine at MASS MoCA. This flag was made by the two excavators fitted with 20' knitting needles, which you can see here.

Seattle, Washington

davecole.org/blog

Seattle, Wa

Cole's site:

theknittingmachine.com/

I located this via the blog Extreme Craft:

extremecraft.blogspot.com/2005/07/knitting-machine.html

Seattle, Washington