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A Rocking Chair That Knits You a Hat as You Read the Paper
All images via Gessato Two longtime porch activities are now combined into one simple contraption thanks to designers Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex, creators of the Rocking Knit. The wooden rocking...
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Kniterate: A New Digital Knitting Machine Lets You ‘Print’ Fashion Designs
Kniterate is a compact industrial knitting machine created for designers and entrepreneurs that facilitates the one-off creation of garments. Built by London-based designer Gerard Rubio, Kniterate is...
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Custom Hand-Knit Sweaters Blend Subjects into Urban Environments
Over the last four years, photographer Joseph Ford (previously) has collaborated with friend and knitter Nina Dodd to create a project that blends models into their environments rather than having...
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Nora Fok’s Ethereal Hand-Knit Jewelry is Inspired by Nature and Science
Nora Fok combines jewelry design with textile art in her science- and math-inspired wearable artworks. Fok, who is based in southeast England, works in her home studio creating all of her pieces...
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Cyclo Knitter: A Bicycle-Based Machine That Knits a Scarf in Five Minutes
The Cyclo Knitter is a bicycle-based machine by design student George Barratt-Jones. The contraption is made from a simple combination of wood and bike parts, and allows one to knit a scarf through...
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A Scientifically Accurate Hand-Knit Sculpture of the Human Brain by Dr. Karen...
In 2009, Psychiatrist Dr. Karen Norberg from the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts decided to create a fibrous doppelgänger of the human brain. Using different colored...
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Crocheted Seafood and Knitted Loaves Top the Menu of Kate Jenkins’s...
Photo by Emma Wood Brighton, England-based textile artist Kate Jenkins has been recreating veggies, seafood, and other favorite foods in wool for the last 12 years. Jenkins got her start in knitwear...
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A Towering Multi-Chromatic Tapestry of Giant Inflated Tubes Unveiled by Pneuhaus
Pneuhaus (previously) builds inflatable structures and environments that give their audience a new perspective of the world around them. Recently, the Rhode Island-based design collective honored...
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Knitted Camouflage’s Models Blend into the Background in a New Art Book
Last year, we shared Joseph Ford and Nina Dodd’s collaborative project that featured people sporting custom-knit ensembles that perfectly melded with their environment. Since then, the photographer...
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People Are Knitting, Crocheting, and Weaving Tangible Records of Temperature...
Image © Josie George In an effort to make the ongoing effects of climate change more visible, needleworkers around the globe are creating temperature blankets and scarves that track local weather...
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Loose Knits Flow from Hands and Needles in Glass Sculptures by Carol Milne
“Sweet Spot,” kiln cast lead crystal and knitting needles, 16 x 21 x 11 inches. All images © Carol Milne, shared with permission Carol Milne’s knit pieces might resemble your grandmother’s afghans but...
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Copenhagen’s Distinct Architecture Knit into Color-Blocked Urban Landscapes...
All images © Jake Henzler, shared with permission Instead of writing or illustrating a journal to record his excursions, Sydney-based artist Jake Henzler knits colorful memories of urban landscapes...
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Fringed Orange Apparel Knit Entirely From Rubber Bands by Rie Sakamoto
All images © Rie Sakamoto At first, the garments look as though they’ve been spun with a traditional medium—wool or yarn—but on closer inspection, it becomes apparent that the thin and springy...
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Extra Tongues and Cheeky Grins Knit onto Humorously Grotesque Masks by...
All images © Ýrúrarí Jóhannsdóttir Although most masks hide emotions, Ýrúrarí Jóhannsdóttir’s knits permanently display fervid grins and facial contortions to those she passes on the street or stands...
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Playful Ocean Life Sprawls Throughout Mulyana’s Immersive, Knit Installations
“Big Mogus” (2020), yarn and dacron, 96 1/2 × 18 7/8 × 22 1/8 inches. All images © Mulyana, shared with permission Complete with spiraled tentacles, textured features, and toothy grins, the yarn-based...
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Temperature Textiles Translate Climate Crisis Data into Colorful, Graphic Knits
All images © Raw Color Creating tangible records of weather patterns has been a long-running practice for crafters and designers interested in visually documenting the effects of the climate crisis...
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Knit Coral Suits and Vibrant Marine Creatures Spring From Mulyana’s Whimsical...
All images © Mulyana, courtesy of Sapar Contemporary, shared with permission In Mulyana’s Fragile Ecologies, two figures cloaked in coral and algae tower over beds of fiber-based sea creatures. The...
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Interview: A Conversation with The Tempestry Project Delves Into the...
Yosemite National Park, 1916 on left, through 2016 on right, Tempestries by Niki Tucci, photo by Stephanie Panlasigui Even in the wake of major weather events like the unprecedented flooding that...
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Colorfully Cast Hands in Carol Milne’s Knitted Glass Sculptures Won’t Drop a...
“Metamorphosis.” Images © Carol Milne, shared with permission While they might seem like gibberish to the non-knitter, abbreviations like “Sl1P” or “K2tog”— “slip next stitch purlwise” or “knit 2...
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Ýrúrarí’s Knit and Felted Characters Are Cheeky Additions to Mended Garments
All images © Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, shared with permission Ýr Jóhannsdóttir moves through the world with a second set of eyes—and teeth and brows. The Icelandic artist, who works as Ýrúrarí, has spent the...
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