Analogue Amnesty

I am excited to the point of dorkishness about Analogue Amnesty, which is running in Brick Lane, East London from the 7th November to the 17th January (last day for bringing stuff in is the 13th January) organised by a local knitter-artist lady, Rachael Matthews, who also wrote the Knitorama and Hookorama books. The idea is this: you bring them your old VHS and audio cassette tapes, that you don't watch/listen to any more and...THEY SPIN THE TAPE INTO YARN! This is so very very what I'm asking my Nan for money towards for Christmas. I had a rummage through my bedroom when I was last at my parents' place, and came up with some definite spinning candidates (can we say The Hamster Dance? Also PJ and Duncan? I think we can...). But seriously folks, this thing looks like it'll be extremely cool. It's so logical! I mean, the motivation for decluttering was always to make space for more yarn. This is even better- the clutter magically TURNS INTO the yarn! Also, because magnetic tape takes such a long time to rot if it's in landfill (1,000 years), this is a totally eco-friendly way to get new yarn and clear out some junk. Just in case, y'know, you want to justify the acquisition of yet more yarn to someone...