Norwegian TV Station to Air Five Straight Hours of Competitive Knitting
Ah, Norway! Land of my people! A Norwegian television station has announced that they plan to broadcast the world knitting record for the fastest time from "sheep to actual finished sweater"—earmarking a full five contiguous hours for the purpose. That's five hours of shearing, spinning, and knitting (plus four hours…
My Knitted Boyfriend means you'll always have someone to cuddle with
Dutch designer and illustrator Noortje de Keijzer has designed a life-sized knitted body pillow in the shape of a man.
Knitting Is A 'Good Thing For Girls,' In Case You Were Wondering
Today in gendered toys, we learn that juggling (or its later-in-life equivalent: hackey sack) is a male pursuit, while knitting (or its later-in-life equivalent: knitting scarves for Male Life Mate and the three beautiful Post-Uteran Flowers that you two have together, who—heteronormatively!—frolic in the backyard…
The Worldwide Campaign To Knit Sweaters For Penguins
Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand, is calling on knitters throughout the world to knit sweaters for the penguins affected by a massive oil spill that occurred earlier this month. The tiny sweaters, while eliciting aww's and squee's, serve a very important function: they prevent the oil-soaked birds from poisoning…
How To Make A Felted Soap
My mum had a cookbook called Half A Can Of Tomato Paste And Other Culinary Dilemmas that sat on our kitchen bookshelf when I was a little kid. (I remember her explaining to me what a dilemma was one night while she was microwaving me some Milo.) If someone were to concoct a book on crafts and pitch it at my particular…
Exclusive: Let Debbie Stoller Teach You How To Knit
If you've always wanted to learn how to knit but haven't known where to begin, you're in luck! Author, DIY maven, and BUST co-founder Debbie Stoller just recorded her first-ever DIY knitting instructional video, and she decided to share it with us. Watch as Stoller shows how to hold the yarn, how to cast on, and how…
Knitted Junk Food Looks Like Dessert, Has None Of The Calories
Craving a few tasty treats that won't deter you from your pre-summer diet? We don't suggest eating these pieces of art from Ed Bing Lee's Delectable Collection — but they sure are pretty to look at!
Kamikaze Knitters Make Wild And Woolly Art
Kamikaze knitters The Materialistics like big-scale projects. And their latest? Knitted versions of some of the world's most famous paintings.
How To Knit A Giant Sweater For A Bull
Last week, right before the blizzard, the artist known as Olek covered the huge statue of a bull on Wall Street in New York with a crocheted cozy.
Gap Wisely Scraps Crappy New Logo
- Gap, which last week announced it would be switching to a logo it had been trialling, immediately faced vituperative criticism. It first asked customers for better ideas, and then apologized. Now Gap has reverted to its boring old logo. [BBC]
Stuffed Animals For The Violent Sociopath In You
Artist Patricia Waller's crochet creations, like "baby-eating crocodile" and "Miss Piggy in a meat grinder," have a gory appeal, and as a bonus, "squirrel smashed with shovel" and "child biking accident" can also be used to traumatize naughty children.
Knitting Vandals Launch Purl Attack
A group of night-stalking, needle-wielding vandals are decorating the trees of Cape May, NJ, with hand-knitted yarn sleeves. The cunning crafters, who call themselves the Salty Knitters, say they intend to persevere in the face of community countermeasures. [CBS]
Smittens: Adorable Or Obnoxious?
Boing Boing has a knitting pattern for "Smittens," mittens to hold hands in. While theoretically they'd make a cute Valentine's Day gift (they are heart shaped) would anyone actually wear them in public? [Boing Boing]

