Astounding Knits!

I was contacted recently by the publishers of a new book "Astounding Knits!" who thought I might like to share it with you - all I can say is "Hands off!"

I knew I was going to enjoy it because the press release mentioned the wonderful aKNITomy.etsy whose knitted dissection specimens I've long admired. Whoever would have imagined that a disembowelled frog could be as cute as this?

There are other wonderful projects that are completely new to me, and some that I'm familiar with from flickr, facebook, blogs, websites. Some I've blogged about before- remember the Mersham knitted village? I bought one of those knitted houses, the photo below shows me holding it in front of the genuine house!

Here's the house itself. Formerly part of the fundraising village knitted by the local Women's Institute, I bought it when the collection was broken up. My knitted koala snuck into shot...


I wasn't surprised to see Althea Crome included, her tiny tiny sweaters are legendary! Coraline is one of my all-time favourite books, so I haven't seen the film for fear of it not living up to my imagination. There's no doubt, however, that her tiny sweater (designed and knitted by Althea of bugknits is all I'd hoped for.



I already knew about this amazing anatomically correct childbirth Education doll by CozyColeman.


We'd "met" in the Regretsy book last year which also featured my Meerkat Nativity.
There are links in the book so naturally I whiled away an hour or two looking at websites. I discovered what I thought was a pretty beaded bracelet, but it's much more - it's a knitting abacus by CozyColeman, a brilliant invention for anyone who needs to keep track of their rows and stitches.


Why didn't I think of that? (Funnily enough, I *kept* having that thought as I discovered more and more Astounding Knits!)


A knit that took me totally by surprise was Dave Cole's giant American flag, knitted using excavators. I am so glad he put this on youtube, the process is appropriately astounding!



I loved the Belgian Natural gas advert - again, seeing the process just adds to my enjoyment.



So many knits, so many different styles - I think you'll be as astounded as I am, whether you're a knitter or not! For your copy, more photos and links to many more of the featured artists visit astoundingknits.blogspot.com/