Pixie Grrl ([info]pixiecrinkle) wrote in [info]knitting,
2005-12-06 12:05:00
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FO: VW Bug Cozy

Here's a totally unnecessary FO as far as objects with a purpose go, but one I wanted to share with you all, because it is pretty cool as an example of knitting for art's sake, or a community knitting project.

Recently, the LYSs here in Columbus has sign up sheets for something called the Extreme Knitting Team. The goal of this group was to produce a knitted VW bug cozy to be on display at an annual local art/craft fair called Winterfair. The cozy was on display, and kids were allowed to add the embellishments at the event, so it got more decorated throughout the weekend. They also had volunteers to be there to answer questions, and get people interested in knitting, and pass out information related to local knitting groups.

I signed up to knit one of the car body pieces. In return, I was given a traced tissue paper outline of my piece (the trunk), size 19 needles and a bunch of Lion Brand "Big" yarn (LB was a sponsor of the project).

The reason I signed up was to give myself some practice in knitting a piece to given dimensions. And practice I got. I did the math repeatedly, but trial and error really got involved in this a lot, especially because while the gauge of 1 stitch per inch made the math easy, it made the gentle curve of the piece rather difficult to figure out.

I ended up pinning the tissue paper piece down on my blocking board, which has one inch squares on it, and laying down my knitted piece on top of it every row or so to double check.

After we all turned in our car pieces and the knitted embellishments (flowers, animals, and even a pair of fuzzy dice) someone got the thankless job of sewing the pieces together, and the car went on display.



My system in progress:



All done and on display:




More photos and discussion of the in progress and finished car at my blog here and here.



I believe the plan is to enter this in art car parades, and display it at various knitting related events around town as well.
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[info]saberpirate

December 6 2005, 17:43:31 UTC 6 years ago

Now that's awesome.

[info]aymlis

December 6 2005, 17:43:43 UTC 6 years ago

WOW!

[info]game_of_spoils

December 6 2005, 17:45:06 UTC 6 years ago

That's the coolest thing I have ever seen and heard of! That is incredible! I love VW's and this is just to great to be true hahahah. Great Job to you and the Knitting team.

[info]bettieworship

December 6 2005, 17:48:00 UTC 6 years ago

that rules!!! a knitted car cozy.....faboo! i think that would be a fabulous gift for a person who is slightly obsessed with their car....but then, i'm weird like that. (but, who has the time to knit the whole thing by themselves? oh wait...maybe i do...lol)

[info]pixiecrinkle

December 6 2005, 17:50:27 UTC 6 years ago

Honestly, with that yarn, I doubt it would take that long. The stuff is three strands of chunky yarn plied together, so it's about the same diameter as my thumb. Freakin' huge. I can't imagine what you could make out of it successfully on a smaller scale than a car cozy. :-)

[info]bettieworship

6 years ago

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[info]pixiecrinkle

6 years ago

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[info]bettieworship

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[info]sushiq

December 6 2005, 17:51:10 UTC 6 years ago

Get out of here! That's the funniest thing I've seen all day! :)

[info]isitnotnifty

December 7 2005, 00:37:57 UTC 6 years ago

I have to agree. It's a total hoot.

[info]raspberrypie

December 6 2005, 17:52:18 UTC 6 years ago

that's awesome.

i want a cozy for my nonexistant car!

[info]sistercoyote

December 6 2005, 17:52:30 UTC 6 years ago

That is mightily awesome.

[info]ciani

December 6 2005, 17:54:30 UTC 6 years ago

neat! I hope my aunt never sees this because I bet she'd want one.

[info]bassoonalex

December 7 2005, 03:33:12 UTC 6 years ago

yeah...my mom would totally want one if she knew it existed...

[info]pixiecup

December 6 2005, 17:58:39 UTC 6 years ago

I would love that for my Bug!! hahahaha...it is so cute!!!!!

[info]kepharel

December 6 2005, 17:59:07 UTC 6 years ago

that's so freakin' cool! i love it! ^_^

[info]hottoastermama

December 6 2005, 18:04:01 UTC 6 years ago

*whistles!*

[info]starrika

December 6 2005, 18:19:31 UTC 6 years ago

That's really impressive! Now I wish I had gone to Winterfair.

What LYS are you talking about? I'm from Dublin, so I generally go to a store in that area near Henderson Road. I'm always looking for new yarn stores near me. :)

[info]futurecfo

December 6 2005, 18:33:50 UTC 6 years ago

The Merch, aka Knitter's Merchantile.

[info]pixiecrinkle

6 years ago

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[info]starrika

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[info]electricsoup

December 6 2005, 18:39:28 UTC 6 years ago

my vw feels a little colder today without that faboo cozy! :)

[info]bertha79

December 6 2005, 18:58:06 UTC 6 years ago

Whoa! That is so awesome!

[info]sharkynell

December 6 2005, 19:21:20 UTC 6 years ago

I hope the sound guy at work never, ever sees this. Then I REALLY will never hear the end of his requests for a knitted Camaro.

Freakin' awesome, that is, though. :-)

[info]bubosquared

December 6 2005, 20:45:06 UTC 6 years ago

This is possibly the coolest knitting project in the history of ever. *fangirls*

[info]crazie_critta

December 6 2005, 21:08:30 UTC 6 years ago

That is completely mental. Whoever had this idea has a very special>/i> brain.

I love it though, especially the radioactive colour.

[info]realmofthelady

December 6 2005, 21:35:04 UTC 6 years ago

Far and Away the coolest FO ever.

[info]chauffeurs

December 6 2005, 21:38:03 UTC 6 years ago

Oh my god.

[info]fruitsbasketgrl

December 6 2005, 21:38:24 UTC 6 years ago

holy crap! that is SO FREAKING AWESOME! i first i was looking at the pictures, and then i was like, holy crud, no WAY that didn't take you ten years to do....and then i was like, ohhhhhh. lol ^^ awesome color! is that the color of the actual car also?

[info]pixiecrinkle

December 6 2005, 21:45:32 UTC 6 years ago

I think the car was black, but to be honest, I don't know. I never saw the car uncovered. :-)

[info]pzelda

December 6 2005, 22:22:02 UTC 6 years ago

Too freaking awesome. XD

[info]bombsawaybaby

December 6 2005, 23:32:58 UTC 6 years ago

i'm going to post this over to the volkswagen community i'm in

they'll love it!

[info]pixiecrinkle

December 7 2005, 01:18:01 UTC 6 years ago

Cool -- what's the community name?

[info]bombsawaybaby

6 years ago

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[info]tvini

December 6 2005, 23:54:30 UTC 6 years ago

That is freakin' amazing! Be sure the guys at the Orange Show and the Art Car Museum in Houston know about this one! I love it!

[info]plymouth

December 6 2005, 23:54:32 UTC 6 years ago

Dude! Did you realize there was another one? People entered a knitted beetle-cozy in the Orange Show in Houston last May!
http://www.orangeshow.org/vote2005/image/142.jpg
Clearly y'all need to get together :)

[info]pixiecrinkle

December 7 2005, 01:19:24 UTC 6 years ago

I think that may be where the original idea came from. I have the sneaking suspicion Lion Brand may be getting groups to do this with their yarn, because I seem to remember that one from their newsletter last year. I think only one woman did that one though.

Ours arguably has a better fit, but hers has hubcaps!

[info]bombsawaybaby

December 6 2005, 23:57:03 UTC 6 years ago

it's not the first one! from [info]driversfound

http://www.orangeshow.org/vote2005/image/142.jpg

and surely not the last.

that's so freakin cool
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