Gigantic knitwear-cum-furnishings

Dutch artist Bauke Knottnerus created these "Phat Knits": "a series of giant threads used to create, knitted or not, interior products." Love this stuff -- like being miniaturized and set loose on a chunky sweater!

PHAT KNITS (via Yanko Design)

[#1 posted by dustinmeyer , December 17, 2008 5:05 AM]

"Chunky sweater" is a term that always makes me slightly nauseous.

[#2 posted by jentink , December 17, 2008 6:04 AM]

cum furnishings?? wtf?

[#3 posted by Gloria , December 17, 2008 6:18 AM]

@2: "Cum" is Latin for "with."

[#4 posted by Lea Hernandez , December 17, 2008 6:30 AM]

Funny, I saw a project with 1,000 individual strands twisted into one strand and knitted with giant needles just a couple days ago.

http://www.cast-on.com/?p=962

[#5 posted by Halloween Jack , December 17, 2008 6:48 AM]

like being miniaturized and set loose on a chunky sweater!

Don't forget your sewing-needle sword and button shield to ward off ravening dust mites.

[#6 posted by osheri , December 17, 2008 7:02 AM]

I want to know how they knitted with that stuff. Pretty neat.

[#7 posted by trikitixa , December 17, 2008 8:04 AM]

Reminds me of Dave Cole, who knit a teddy bear out of fiberglass insulation:

http://www.theknittingmachine.com/Dave_Cole/Portfolio/Pages/Fiberglass_Teddy_Bear.html

[#8 posted by Anonymous , December 26, 2008 10:48 AM]

Actually, these are not knittend. They are crocheted. There is a chain and some single-crochet stitches. No knitting needles would be used. Only a crochet hook.

[#9 posted by sandibeach2000 , January 11, 2009 12:44 PM]

no it really is knitting not crochet check out these other pics
http://baukeknottnerus.nl/