Wednesday 13 July 2022

Twins?


I found this photo posted on my Facebook page yesterday. It immediately attracted my attention. A pair of twins, I thought.

But look again, it is in fact a woman, and a knitted version of herself and her dog! Yes, she knitted herself and her dog to perfection.

How totally wonderful.


 

39 comments:

  1. Incredible, I love it, she has a playful spirit.

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    1. Superb.... we need more knitters like her!

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  2. Incredible. She's an amazing knitter

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  3. Not reet in the heed. As they say round here.

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    1. I beg to differ, I think it's highly intelligent piece of work.

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    1. I hope it ends-up in a museum, with the photo alongside it.

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  5. You see it as art, which of course it is. As a knitter myself I know the work thats gone into that. Art takes all forms.

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    1. Peter Blake's first wife, Jann Harworth, produced knitted sculptures. She was highly regarded, but I haven't heard her name mentioned for decades.

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  6. meant to comment on your video of the French guys. Absolutely love them!

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    1. Vincent and Arthur are very classic French guys. They talk of little else but hunting, eating, and drinking.

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  7. That is quite amazing. I have trouble just knitting a scarf.

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    1. I have a friend who has a machine, and she knits amazing things.

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  8. That s truly clever. We have a knitter in Norfolk who can recreate anything in knitting. She recently knitted the Sandringham Estate which took her two years and was on display in Norwich as a centre piece for Christmas. She is 92 years old. I am sure she would have no trouble with knitting herself.

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    1. Lady M doesn't knit, but she does crochet. During lockdown I tried to get her to do a portrait of Boris, but she refused. Shame!

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  9. Given a choice, I would pick the knitted version as she would be much quieter. I agree with Caz P above - that really is Art.

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    1. I thought you were going to say because the knitted one couldn't do any more knitting.

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  10. Now that's the sort of art I like! I'm a knitter myself and could happily knit the jumper, trousers and hat and maybe even the dog, but I'd have a really hard time with the person. Amazing, she's really done a brilliant self portrait.

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    1. When I first saw the photo, I genuinely thought they were twins. I needed my glasses to see they were not.

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  11. People did have a lot of time on their hands while stuck home during Covid! :)

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    1. This is just about the best use of that free time.

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  12. That's wonderful, what a very talented knitter! I crochet, but the art of knitting is not for me.
    I may as well be given two javelins instead of knitting needles, I know what to do with them!

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    1. We are together on this. I have never learned to knit, and I have no desire to do so, but I do admire those who do such wonderful things

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  13. Very odd. No knitting for me. No thank you. Good for Lady M. refusing to crochet a CM. Maybe you should take up knitting? Who knows what you could produce in a lesson or two.

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    1. I can knit a line, but have no idea what to do afterwards.

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  14. The picture made me laugh out loud. Delightful!

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  15. How weird. The dog is vry lifelike.

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    1. I prefer the knitted dog to the real one.

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  16. She'll always know where to find the other sweater.

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