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Freestyle Knit, Freeform Crochet scarf, shawl, wrap
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Art quilt by Ellen Anne Eddy--Look at those dragonfly wings!
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"Salon Settee in Concord" Upholstered Settee Created by Mary Lynn O'Shea
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Holly Fulton More graphic patterns, plus butterfly neck piece and very hairy bag Simon Chilvers
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This is one of those fairytale gowns you only see in Paris at haute couture week
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Golden cape made with silk from a million spiders. On average, 23,000 spiders yield around one ounce of silk. It is a highly labour-intensive undertaking, making these textiles extraordinarily rare and precious objects.
Golden cape made with silk from a million spiders. After silking, the silk was taken on cones to a silk weaving workshop where skilled weavers have mastered the special tensile properties of the silk. In the cape, the main weave is of 96 strands, the lining 48 strands and a large part of the embroidery is made using unspun 24 strand silk.
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To create the textiles, spiders are collected each morning and harnessed in specially conceived silking contraptions. Trained handlers extract the silk from 24 spiders at a time. The spiders are returned to the wild at the end of each day
This collection was, in Gaytten's words, 'an X-ray of Dior' - hence the layering seen here
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Antiquities Medallion by Marinda Stewart. Photo by Kelly Jackson at IHAN (I Have A Notion)
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Catherine Carr Crochets & Knits with Glass. Each piece has been individually knitted or crocheted by hand. They are then heated and manipulated through several firings at a very high temperature, eventually emerging as a formed glass vessel. Because of this hand crafted process, all the pieces are original and individual with no two being exactly the same.
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Liz Elias That's crazy! :O
Sophia Roberts But, rather lovely!
Liz Elias oh yes, it is amazing to me that this can be done !!
Daniela Vilas-Boas Humm I need to 'attack' my grandmother's trunk to pick just a few she made and mold them, this is nice!
Sophia Roberts Me, too! Or, better still, utilise some of my own...
First Day of Spring - OOAK handknit designer handbag / purse in celery green
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Sophie By Cayce Zavaglia Year created: 2007 Dimensions: 14in x 35in Materials: hand embroidery - Crewel wool and acrylic on linen
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Ana R. Amazing!
Sophia Roberts Sooooo clever!
Britain's obsession with knitting shows no sign of abating as the first 'knitted' hotel room opens
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Oranges and Lemons Odyssey, Shoreditch Lady Loop's part of a six-hour installation that yarnstormed all six churches from the Oranges and Lemons nursery rhyme. The first live yarnstorm on Twitter @knitthecity
Nutcracker Knitmare Before Christmas The ballerina outside the Royal Opera House is attacked by tiny characters from the Nutcracker Suite
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Wall of Wonderland The Fastener's White Rabbit, part of an Alice in Wonderland yarnstorm outside London's IMAX cinema
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Phone Box Cosy Knit the City's most daring yarnstorm in CCTV-ridden Parliament Square
Handmade Herd A herd of stitched sheep on London Bridge for Wool Week 2010
Every two years, the ' Association France Patchwork launches a competition for members on the theme of "Legende de Quilts" . Actual reproductions of antique quilts in the purest tradition of the pioneers of patchwork.
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Anne Oldenhouse Yes, you could say that. Although there are always earlier examples to be found for example in the sixties. But the latest movement was started by Magda Sayek as you can read on http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Sophia Roberts Thank you!