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A Wind-Powered Factory That Makes Chairs, Scarves, And Pillows
It’s not often that we get to talk about engineering and knitting in the same sentence. But Merel Karhof, a Dutch-by-way-of-London designer, is an expert in both.
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Japanese Fashion Designer Uses Cables To Knit Art
I’ve knitted a few scarves in my lifetime, and have a cupboard full of cables, so I’m thinking of whipping up a few winter-warmers like Japanese fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura. Though it doesn’t look nearly as soft as merino wool…
Open Source Embroidery: Technology Embraces Its Craft Side
A legitimate artistic movement known as Open Source Embroidery has sprung up to explore the relationship between, no joke, software engineering and needlework. It’s pretty awesome.
Spock Ears Make Me Say ‘Knit Long and Prosper’
This is a momentous day for me (I won’t spoil the surprise) and what better way to celebrate momentous days than by knitting a pair of Spock ears for my lugs. If I were going to the New York meet-up you would be able to identify me by these furry little thingies—sod the fact that I would probably collapse from heatstroke before I even got to the sodding ballgame—and I could be the fount of mirth while you watched the rounders match, or whatever it is they’re playing on the pitch. Anyway. Ears. Spock. Knitted. Look like sideways boobies. What more do you want on a Friday? [Yarn Songs via Boing Boing]
Knitted Gas Mask Helps Cyclists Avoid Cotton-Wool Smog
For those who are about to knit, we salute you—especially if you make woolly hat ‘n’ gas mask combos for your friends to wear on their bike ride to work. Not sure whether it would work in the event of a mustard gas attack, but it works for me. File this alongside the R2-D2 beanie and Darth Vader bonnet and see the full-frontal below.
Darth Vader Drinks Guinness, Wears a Bonnet
Right now it’s a bit hot for one of these, but we salute Lady Linoleum, who made this Darth Vader helmet out of eight Guinness cans and some black wool. [Monster Crochet via Craftzine]
Knitted iPhone Made of Pure Wool and Love is Shatterproof
Oh Smooth-o-rama. This is the wool version of the iPhone, lovingly knitted by some guy’s mom. Big pic and specs after the jump.
