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Posted on August 19, 2011August 19, 2011 by Max

The Tiniest Stash in the World!

Back in 2007 I came across this blog post about the World’s Biggest Yarn Stash on Mochimochi Land (who funnily enough makes amazing teeny tiny knits now!) It gave me an idea about making the tiniest stash in the world which I’ve finally managed to do (sort of!). I have lots of miniature skeins of yarn now anyway! They measure just 3.5cm (1.3″) long. After making all these itty bitty skeins I decided to turn them into necklaces. They’re very cute and come in all sorts of colours. I’ve used luxury sock yarns from fabulous brands such as fyberspates, malabrigo, colinette, dream in colour and cherry tree hill. So now you can own a little piece of the world’s tiniest yarn stash. See more pictures and details in the shop or buy one right here:

Posted on July 22, 2011August 11, 2011 by Max — 17 Comments

Knitting Octopus

I seem to have a bit of a thing for knitting octopuses at the minute. (2 here and 1 here!) I’m not sure why because I always get bored of the tentacles after I’ve done two or three. So I decided to make one that’s good at knitting in the hope that it’ll do some for me. This one is already much better at colourwork than I am!

When I made this I started with a couple of sketches so I thought I’d share them with some pictures of the making process too. You might notice the cunning use of an interchangeable knitting needle to fill the tentacles with stuffing.

Now available as a greeting card from my shop for £2.50.

UPDATE: 11.8.11 The much requested pattern is now available to buy! See more details on the ravelry pattern page or click below to buy it now.

The Knitting Octopus Pattern – £3

Click images to enlarge.

Posted on July 15, 2011July 22, 2011 by Max

Mystery Knitting

I’m taking part in my first ever mystery knit-a-long this month. It’s very exciting, each week there’s a new clue to knit. I’ve just finished week one and it’s a hat brim with a very lovely twisted stitch pattern. I’m looking forward to seeing what the rest of the hat will be like. I have clue 2 ready and waiting! It’s organised by Leethal who designs some fantastic knitting patterns with really unique construction techniques. I think there’s still time to sign up and catch up with the mystery.

Posted on July 11, 2011July 22, 2011 by Max — 2 Comments

Astounding Knits

Earlier this year a book called Astounding Knits!: 101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats was published. It’s an amazing book showcasing some incredible knitting artists. There are all sorts of projects featured from a full size knitted ferrari to jumpers that fit on a pin. There’s even someone who knit themselves into a cocoon. Excitingly there’s also a page about my knitted animations! Unfortunately they decided I was male so there are a lot of he’s on my page… never mind though, it’s still fun to be in a book! My Learning to Knit guys are even used on the title page. You can get a copy of Astounding Knits on Amazon.

Posted on July 7, 2011July 22, 2011 by Max

Art Smart London

I had a great time last weekend at the Art Smart fair in London. Benoît did a fantastic job of giving the passers-by a fright hanging at the front of the stall. You might be able to spot a mysterious flying creature camouflaged in the roof of my stall. That’s Draco the Dragonfly and there’s now a gallery of pictures of him to see here. Thanks to everyone who came by and said hello, it was a lot of fun to see everyone’s reactions to my odd creatures.

Posted on April 14, 2011July 22, 2011 by Max

Art Smart

I’m going to be taking part in the University of the Arts London Art Smart Fair this July. I’ll have my knitters jewellery there and I’ll be bringing along some of my knitted characters. It’s also an ideal opportunity to make some new work that I’ve been thinking about lately. The plan is that it will be tiny, knitted and horrible. Probably a series of curious little boxes and cauldrons filled with bizarre knitted things. I thought I’d share this photo of todays research materials… and I’m planning to post regular pictures of my creations!

Posted on August 7, 2010July 22, 2011 by Max

New show in Greenwich

There’s a new bunch of my hand knit characters on show in Greenwich Picturehouse. It’s on display for the whole of August. If you’re passing through Greenwich pop in and have a look. You can even catch a glimpse of Benoit the bee flying about in the bar.

Posted on August 25, 2009July 22, 2011 by Max

BUST Craftacular

This weekend was the fantastic BUST Magazine summer craftacular. I had a stall there with Isabel Vince selling our wooly goods.

It was incredibly busy and lots of fun meeting other crafty folk. I even spotted a couple of my brooches out in the wild! There’s a great review of it up on The Guardian.

I’ve put my photos of our stall up here. And Fabric Nation managed to take a lot more than me and you can see them here.

Posted on August 2, 2009July 22, 2011 by Max — 2 Comments

Gritting the Tunnel

Yesterday I went along to a graffiti knitting event organised by I Knit London. It was lots of fun! I did my first bit of yarnstorming, but it was a mere tag compared to Knit the City’s epic spider web filled with captured creatures (photo above). There’s more of my pics on flickr here. And there’s some much better ones here from zefrog, I was caught pink-handed…!

Posted on June 29, 2008July 6, 2011 by Max

Trouble Bros.

Here’s a couple of crims up to no good on da streetz…
They’re going to be on display with some more of my new characters in the bar at Greenwich Picturehouse throughout the whole of August.