Craft

Apparently, the key to knitting is knotting. Alternatively, it is finding the holes and tying wool around them.

This is a transformational process of taking beautiful 2d textural planes, folding and stitching them around a 3d form (me, if I'm lucky), using only 1d dyed filament. Magical.

Micro-knitting

I've been following news of the new movie of Coraline, not least via twitter and Neil Gaiman's account of the relentless press junket itinerary for him and Director Henry Selick. It looks amazing.

On something of a tangent, but a fascinating one, is the work of Athea Crome for the film. Her extraordinary skill is micro-knitting, and a short film of her talking about it is featured here.

Big Knitting

So, my wife Sally likes knitting - chunky knitting. How about some knitted furniture then, love? (via Bauke Knotterus)