Hot: Knit Bombing Not: Slap Taggers Come Thursday, you might notice some softer graffiti around town. That's because Knitta, Please -- a crew of clandestine knitting females (and one male named MascuKnitity) -- will be hosting a show at The Standard Hollywod from 7 - 10 p.m. Whether or not our local Crazy Aunt Purl will be joining in on the fun, keep your eye out for bike racks, beer bottles, sign posts or......

Crazy Aunt Purl is the true-life diary of a thirty-something, newly divorced, displaced Southern obsessive knitter who has four cats. Because nothing is sexier than a divorced woman with four cats. We were stoked when Zach brought her to our attention this fall and doubly stoked when she said she would give us her list of LA yarn emporiums... Los Angeles has more yarn shops than any place on earth. That is probably not......

For the divorced lady with four cats We love getting comments here at LAist, especially when we can do a follow up. For Laurie of Crazy Aunt Purl (who gets an average of around 70-some comments per post), who commented this yesterday: I just want the Mayor to try to get on the 101 at White Oak each morning for an entire week, and then we can talk about traffic light timing. If you......

Today's Daily Breeze has a feature story on Mary Geiser, an 88-year-old Torrance crochet fiend. In two years, Mary has crocheted more than 900 caps for orphans, cancer patients, the homeless and US troops in chilly places like Afghanistan. But crocheting, of course, isn't just for grannies anymore. Crocheting, knitting and other crafty pursuits have been reclaimed by the young and rebellious and are all over the blogsphere. We're particularly charmed by Crazy Aunt......