Knitted Pain Project: "Mara, Dropped Stitches are Okay", 2015

Colorful knitted artwork made with ribbon, lace, yarn and recycled plastic mesh netting, hang from metal knitting needles, an intense jumble of colors and textures against the smooth cream wall.

In 2015, Flo was diagnosed with chronic pain, and she begins attending Kaiser pain management sessions. She starts her Knitted Pain Project, knitting with scraps of ribbon, lace, yarn and saved plastic mesh netting from packages that once held rice stick noodles, tangerines, lemons, limes etc. “This series is a metaphor for the chronic pain I am experiencing from having a pinched nerve.” Flo titles the series, “Mara, Dropped Stitches are Okay.”