LoopyKnits

Oh, the link love I’m about to show you. I’ve been storing up these for a while now!

• Weird, whole-body suits (crocheted, I think) in pictures by Boston-based photographer Joshua Dalsimer. And I mean WHOLE body — head to toe, including full facial coverage. See the orange ones at the SwissMiss site and punkier pink ones at Dalsimer’s site.
• The Craftzine.com blog has a wild 1950s-style outfit knit entirely out of grocery bags.
• NYT article on the Museum of Arts & Design’s “Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting” art show in New York with delicacies such as lace shovels, a protest on the the post-9/11 ban on knitting needles in airplanes, and a Nike blanket petition against sweatshop labor.
• The Brain Bag - a purse that looks like … well … guess.
• An oldie but a funny: Benjamin Cho’s knit dress, complete with knitting needles holding up the front and mannequin hands attached to the knitting needles.
• Scarf that looks like a two-person saw … dripping blood. Awesome!

More to come soon.

Fantasy author Holly Lisle not only generously shares writers’ tips that I’ve enjoyed surfing through for years, she also is an imaginative, skilled knitter. And she has created a madly interesting set of make-your-own-magic sock patterns for some of her fictional characters, the Anzi.

The idea is that the Anzi knit colorful patterns into the fabric, visually expressing what they desire to receive. Her website explains: 

“The Abundance Socks give thanks for something needed. They acknowledge the Anzi belief that as soon as you put your will into the system, the system answers simultaneously, though you may not see the results immediately. So when the Anzi pray, they don’t pray for something. They give thanks for it, because whether they have what they need yet or not, they accept that Spirit has already answered.”

This just delights me; you have got to check this out. (I can’t possibly be the only other sci-fi/fantasy geeky knitter out there, can I?) At Holly’s site, the index on this topic contains links that explain the theory, the pattern, color theory, meaning of the symbols, and more.

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Look Here, You Cluckers
Get your giggle on. There’s an update of the classically funny Chicken Viking Hat at AlohaMedia.net. Yup, it’s a chicken, and it goes on your head. You won’t know whether you’re re-living the turkey-on-the-head Mr. Bean episode or you’re standing in for Bugs Bunny in an opera spoof. One thing’s for sure — you won’t look like anyone else on the block!

This little knitted darling has been around for a while, but the site now has updated crochet instructions, as well as the original knitter’s instructions for the children’s hat and a link to an adult-size pattern. Thanks to those who dream big — concept by Kat Kinsman and Sarah Mundy, with design by Sarah Mundy. Via.

Getting Nekkid Under the Fibers
Fiber artist Anna Maltz has a really supportive family. Really, really, really supportive. Check out their full-body “naked suits.” Be sure to click “next” on the site to see additional pics, too! (I’ll add a photo here if I can secure the site’s permission.) Via.

Students Knits Her Own Ferrari
It took art student Lauren Porter and some helpful family members 10 months and 12 miles of yarn to knit a Ferrari sportscar out of 250 garter-stitch squares for the body in hello-officer red, windows from stocking stitch, crocheted details, and — of course — an embroidered emblem on the hood. It’s all supported by a steel frame which Lauren, 22, welded herself. See a still pic here and a brief video here and The Sun article here. I believe this dates from mid-2006. Via. Also see her own website for a knitted wingback chair, Christmas tree, and more!

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How cool — I missed this when the story first broke in December 2004. A math journal contained a crochet pattern illustrating the famous Lorenz equations that describe the nature of chaotic systems. I know, I know — it’s crochet, not knitting. But look at this, people! It’s 25,511 stitches of pure coolness.

See the story here and download the pattern here.

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TOO cute. Go to RidingSun.com to see a photo and explanation of a cool larger-than-life knitted bottle cozy created to promote a new carbonated drink. (And when I say LARGE … I’m talking sleeping-bag-size.) And I thought I got tired of the sheer volume of knitting a mere afghan … imagine the hand cramping from knitting this!

I’ve asked the site owner’s permission to post the photo here too with a link; will add the photo if permission is granted. ;o)

[Update -- permission granted! See accompanying photo.]

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Apparently not. Thanks to the magic of my Boing Boing subscription, I was clued in to this interesting little oddity — a knitted (non-functional, obviously) power cord up for sale. The clever knitter who churned this out might as WELL make something silly like this, since I’ve seen a wild assortment of other amazing knitted items over the past year that I would never have even imagined before the Internet. (And compared to some of my lemon computer components in the past, this cord probably is pretty sturdy, too. Perfect for the geek knitter.)

Click here for the pic up at etsy.com. I was going to log onto the etsy.com site to get permission to post the photo here, but the server connection to them failed. Bet it’s all that traffic from Boing Boing! You can see the pic at the Boing Boing site, however. ;o)

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