Extreme Knitting on Extreme Needles

Extreme Knitting

I'm very excited because my super large knitting needles are now up and running (perhaps that should be up and knitting!).  They were made locally and are just great.

The first time I tried them out, they were too long (my fault - they were as I specified them!).  But now they are a little shorter they are fine.  At approx 1.9m long and 50mm wide they are quite an impressively sized pair of needles!  

Extreme Knitting

 
Unsurprisingly they work just the same way as any other knitting needles.(Although with a bit more of a workout!)









Currently the "yarn" I am using has been "made" from an old blanket and I'm doing some test knits to see how it all works out.  I have also tried knitting with about 6 balls of yarn together and that works fine too and produces a more open knit effect.

Extreme Yarn

Anyone who wants to try them out should come along to one of our Yarnbombing Workshops or down to Rowntree Park on Saturday 13 July to our Yarnbombing Event to have a go at extreme knitting.
http://hippystitch.blogspot.co.uk/p/events.html 

Extreme Knitting (detail)

To find out more about the Yarnbombing Event and past workshops take a stroll through my blogposts for May 2013 onwards.