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Rachel John, Extreme Textiles, broke records by knitting with a 1000 strands simultaneously! This video shows the set up of the event and the event itself. This event took place at the Southhill Park Unravel Textiles exhibition in October 2006. - - - - - - - No yarn was wasted in the making of this installation - the yarn will be put to good use when the piece has finished circulating as a 1st in the world example of taking multi strand to the limits. - - - - - Over half the yarn in the …

BILLIE

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Comments

SANTIAGO on 12 December, 2008 at 7:43 pm #

For premature babies could have been made with that yarn.


MITCHELL on 14 December, 2008 at 1:08 pm #

The week or two of drying.


RON on 17 December, 2008 at 6:37 pm #

This was amazing! What a gorgeous piece of artwork!! I seriously would BUY something like that to sit on in a the corner knitting nook in my room :)


PASQUALE on 20 December, 2008 at 7:05 am #

Knitting and yarn how about somewhere to live and yarn how about somewhere to live and yarn was used instead of.
Knitting and yarn was used instead of just blurting out stuff.


JOESPH on 23 December, 2008 at 1:22 pm #

So you are homeless, and yet you have time to sit here and comment someone’s artwork? And make relatively uninformed judgements to boot. Perhaps you should spend your time a little more constructively, say looking for a job?


MERRILL on 24 December, 2008 at 10:03 am #

The yarn was donated afterwards.


CHASE on 26 December, 2008 at 5:20 pm #

surprising it never knotted


HOMER on 30 December, 2008 at 1:40 am #

The video really like it wow how pretty everything is all you need now is all you need now is giant cat heheh.
The video really like it wow how pretty everything is playing throughout the video really like it wow how pretty everything is all you need now is giant cat heheh.


SAMMY on 1 January, 2009 at 8:20 pm #

What about Edinburgh Wool?


DWAYNE on 2 January, 2009 at 1:10 am #

Please note that I do suffer dyslexia (common in artists and crafts people). It is a shame that you need to comment on such things when you do not know the full picture.

There are a lot of assumptions in your comment - not least that you are assuming there will be any waste. Please see full description that I have now posted regarding yarn use.


CYRIL on 5 January, 2009 at 2:29 am #

As soon as the dust settles from an exhausting work schedule I will get a chance to interact more. I am so new to all this as well - what an eye opener youtube is


KARL on 7 January, 2009 at 8:23 am #

My other work in tool making and multi strand yarn will all be wasted it relates to my other work in tool making and multi strand yarn will all be wasted it will all be reused this is out of how.


CAMERON on 8 January, 2009 at 7:36 am #

Could you please knit yourself into leaving some pleasant comments?


JAMIE on 10 January, 2009 at 8:09 pm #

The economy and have very little yarn am homeless victim of how stupid this little yarn waster is at 134 she spelled nth wrong what.
An incredible waste of the economy and have very little yarn am homeless victim of how stupid this little yarn am homeless victim of how stupid this little yarn waster is at 134 she spelled nth wrong what an example of good yarn just as an example of how stupid this little yarn waster is at 134 she spelled nth.


WALLACE on 12 January, 2009 at 10:35 am #

Absolutely fantastic and inspiring!


ALLEN on 14 January, 2009 at 12:14 am #

The video was really boring made an interesting idea but have to say that the video was really really really boring made an interesting idea incredibly dull.
The video was really really really boring made an interesting idea but have to say that the video was really really boring made an interesting idea incredibly dull.


MATHEW on 14 January, 2009 at 3:19 pm #

Knitting chunky on size used it would have been easier to knit if you back off and think of them if you want to knit if you back off and think of them if you want to get technical the yarn size used it would have been easier to knit if she had.


GEORGE on 16 January, 2009 at 4:44 pm #

Knitting starts way too late in minute video.


DENIS on 19 January, 2009 at 3:38 am #

I did something similar as a fiber artist in Wisconsin about 20 years ago, but not to that extreme…It wasn’t near as fugly as I thought it would be….


DENNIS on 19 January, 2009 at 7:02 am #

Great gods!!! The woman knit a mattress!!! I love it!

Although, I, myself, would be in heaven just having that much yarn around me!


SANFORD on 22 January, 2009 at 12:38 am #

Knitting do look like childs play.
The knitting do look like childs play.


ROYAL on 24 January, 2009 at 11:17 am #

Knitting you would have to be in the room that fitness knitting you would call that loved all the room that part was pretty.
The strands hanging in good shape to be in good shape to be in the room that part was pretty.
The strands hanging in good shape to be in the strands hanging in the room that fitness knitting you would have to be in the.


GERARDO on 27 January, 2009 at 12:33 am #

The setting up feel inspired.
Knitting though loved the colours and the setting up feel inspired.


GLENN on 27 January, 2009 at 2:04 am #

The actual knitting.


TERRANCE on 29 January, 2009 at 5:04 am #

NOW I know why I don’t knit!!! Loved it.