LoopyKnits

I found these eye-popping BIG KNITS during some of my web rambling in 2007. Enjoy!

• Giant knitted poufs to use as seats, ottomans. Found via.
• Knitting a giant American flag using two cranes. Also see the same Paul-Bunyan-sized project from three years earlier, using a pair of 20-foot knitting needles. Definitely not a time when you’d want to drop a stitch. Amazing! The same artist has also done a giant fiberglass teddybear. Found via.
• Have needles? Knit a house — or at least a cover for one. Seriously, I’ve heard of knitting some unusual cozies before, but … wow! Found via.
• Sure, some people build a treehouse, but what about knitting one like knitting celebrity Cat Bordhi did? I don’t know enough about the safety to be able to recommend this, but what an interesting idea. Found via.
• A really groovy cozy for a VW Bug. No, really.
• Belated Christmas coolness #1: One of the biggest knitted Christmas trees (photos here and here); I can’t find a story, but I think it was a 2005 fund-raiser for the North Devon Hospice in Devon, England; found via.
• Belated Christmas coolness #2: Giant knitted gingerbread house, created as another hospice fundraiser

Technorati Tags: giant knits, big knits, fiber art

Oh, the sea life you’ll see when you cruise around the web for a while. I’ve been collecting links to these crocheted and knit little darlings over the past several months. Enjoy!

• Nubby little squids, octopuses, coral, jellyfish, and other sea life. Found via.
• Crochet an octopus amigurumi* family and have a cephalopod party with a free pattern. Found via. (*Amigurumi definition here)
• Delicate little nautilus shells.
• Incredibly detailed Japanese crocheted sea creatures. Found via.
• Cephalopods and seahorses, starfish, jellyfish, puffer fish, and … just to embrace a bit of the jungle too, some elephants and other exotic critters. Found via.
• Is that your squid ringing, or mine? Found via.
• Oooh, he’s so cute when he’s angry! Check out this “Mary Had a Little Beaver” (*snicker*) octopus diorama. Found via.

Technorati Tags: crocheted sea life, knitted sea life

I’m thinking I would like to be a mini-me even more than my dieting self usually longs for. Because then I could slip into one of the delicate miniature knit creations from fiber artist Althea Crome Merback. Her site, BugKnits.com, displays a gallery of fairy-sized sweaters, socks, gloves, and more.

To get an idea of the scale, check out this quote from one of her gallery pages: “I make my own knitting needles out of stainless steel wires that are so thin (.001″) that they can accommodate more that 80 stitches per inch. The gloves I make are 1/12th scale which means that 1 inch =1 foot in the ‘real’ world. That means a finger the size of a grain of rice would be about the right size to fit inside a pair of my gloves.”

A grain of rice, people! Learn more about this eagle-eyed knitter here.

Photos reprinted with permission; all rights reserved by the original artist. Found via the Craftzine.com blog.

Technorati Tags: fiber artist, miniature knitting

Every time hunting season rolls around, I’m glad I don’t live with a Mighty Hunter intent on conquering the forests, one bullet at a time. But this is a trophy I could get behind. Thank fiber artist Rachel Denny for thinking of cable knits (with a zipper down the front, no less!) when she came up with this lovely creature. See more at her website, RachelDenny.com.

Photo reprinted with permission; all rights reserved by the original artist. Found via CribCandy at Wists.com.

Technorati Tags: Rachel Denny, fiber artist

Just because it’s crocheted instead of knitted won’t keep me from loving this wee little rug from recycling artist Emily Kircher. She has some adorable products on her site, like bottlecap magnets and cozy rugs in designs that range from squee little kitties and cupcakes to equally squee little squids and skulls, all crocheted from salvaged fabric scraps. See an assortment of her nifty products for sale here.

Found via the Craftzine.com blog.

Cannot. Resist. The. Fiber. Art.

At least, not when it’s as fun as this gallery o’ goodness. We’re talking billy goats! Mermaid suits! Perky nipples! Anatomically correct bunny suits! Ming Yi Sung, I kinda love you for your crochet sculptures. And you may be the coolest elementary art teacher ever.

Found via Feministing.