Rachel John, Extreme Knitting, 1000 Strand Knit
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. – - – - – - – It is a challenge for all of us to take the waste products that our society produces and to put it to good use. This video was made in order to stimulate that process. The comments on this video have been an insight into how people view things when taken out of context. For instance – should I be knitting blankets for charity? I do much charitable work – I cannot increase the hours on this as I wouldn’t have time to earn the basics for living. I am happy if this stimulates others to find waste and turn it into blankets for needy. Especially as – using my tools – you can make blankets in a twentieth of the time it takes to make one in squares. If you feel there should be more knitting for charity, join your local group, set one up if there isn’t one, and see what you can achieve. You may find a whole new community that brings you joy and a feeling of worthiness. I am one person with the same number of hours in my day as you and they are pretty full already! 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 installation was deemed as waste …
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May 29th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Just brilliant! Wish I had that much yarn:)
May 29th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
maaan ! if she can knit like that ! imagine what she can do with ordinary knitting ! o;
May 29th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
wow that is so cool
May 29th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
i want one
May 29th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I just can’t believe it didn’t tangle!!! So cool! I can’t even keep one strand straight sometimes. Amazing.
May 29th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
This is amazing! I wounder how long it took to finish, that would be something to REALLY be proud of making from hand.
May 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
@postagesealman Oh yes something to do . Like throwing yourself off a bridge?
May 29th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
@anthonytammaro It was something to do, butthole. Shut up with your negative attitude.
May 29th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Sorry but it’s a waste of textiles. What is the result? Was anyone clothed? Rubbish.
May 29th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
What an amazing video.
Thank you for sharing all of the process, I loved the waterfall of colour…YUMMY!!!.
OMG to play with all of those scrumptious yarns….. YARN HEAVEN!!!!
I loved how you kept the yarn in it’s colourways.
AMAZING!!!!!
May 29th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Follow-up: Hand felting.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
That’s cool. Creative.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Awesome! I was expecting it to turn out like a blanket, but it seems more like a mattress with how thick it is, haha. I’d love to see it when it’s finished.
May 29th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Made me smile! The creativity and passion you poured into this idea… brilliant. Thanks for seeing your idea through. It’s motivated me to put into action some ideas I’ve been contemplating for a while. Many thanks!!!
May 29th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
wow this is so cool!
May 30th, 2010 at 12:15 am
that is so cool!!!!!!!!!!=D
May 30th, 2010 at 12:24 am
size 500 needles anyone?
May 30th, 2010 at 12:47 am
considering how much yarn that is, those are some very thin needles!
May 30th, 2010 at 1:36 am
And here I thought I was being cool and original by crocheting with four strands at a time. I are outclassed.
May 30th, 2010 at 2:11 am
Very cool! Love the end result!!
May 30th, 2010 at 2:44 am
I WANT THAT STASH!!!
May 30th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Oh my God!
And then I thought, “Hey, I gotta try that!”
May 30th, 2010 at 3:32 am
I have no friggin idea why you’d want to do this but am so glad you did for reasons I also can’t name.
May 30th, 2010 at 4:14 am
@malachite78
I know, what a rip off! *pouts*
May 30th, 2010 at 5:08 am
that looks really hard to knit wow that is really good you half to put a lot of efort in to that that is beautiful too