Artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, who goes by Ýrúrarí, broadens our view of the world of knitting + textile design in this week's Milkshake episode.

On this week?s DMTV Milkshake, we talk to Icelandic textile designer and artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, who works as Ýrúrarí.
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If you think everything that can be done with knitting has already been done, you probably haven?t seen Ýrúrarí?s work, worn by celebrities including Erykah Badu and Tierra Whack. Similarly, if you thought you?ve seen every iteration on the now-standard face mask, you might not have seen hers, a knitted piece covering half her face, with a three-dimensional pink tongue extending beyond the mask to touch her eye. It?s equal parts traditional craft work, biology and science fiction.
Iceland?s famous hot dog ? perhaps improbably for non-Icelanders, the quintessential American meal plays a central role in the Nordic country?s food firmament ? is the unlikely starting point for Ýrúrarí?s Peysa Með Öllu series. (?Peysa með öllu? translates to ?hot dog with everything?; she rechristened this work as ?Sweater Sauce? in English: ?It?s easier,? she says.) This work attempted to reconcile her desire to create work without creating environmental waste ? and so she collaborated with Iceland?s Red Cross shops (similar to a Goodwill or other charity boutique) to gather up stained, worn or otherwise unwearable sweaters. With that raw material in hand, she created entirely new pieces ? including...