Friday, 19 November 2010

I want a Knitting Clock!

I was browsing through the Crafts magazine in the library yesterday when I came across a piece on this clock, designed by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen.


 It is based on a larger version of a French knitting/ Knitting Nancy toy, I think, with 48 prongs instead of the common four.  The clock knits a complete round of 48 stitches every 24 hours, and over the course of a year it produces 2 metres of knitting.  At the end of that time, you change the yarn and start again - each ball of yarn is labelled "Mehr Zeit", or "More time".  And you can use the clock's knitting as a scarf, or else hang it up to symbolise Time Past, I suppose.  Probably not very practical for accurate timing, but isn't it cool?
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2 comments:

  1. Unknown21 November 2010 at 21:06

    Very interesting. It looks similar to the sock knitting machines that you crank. They were made in the early 1900's.

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  2. pip21 November 2010 at 21:36

    I think it's very cool... it certainly is a measurement of time :)

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