A few days ago, Adrienne, one of our Austin bloggers, made us chuckle with a lamppost she'd seen that had been guerilla knitted. Taking that concept inside, Linda N. , a Flickr member's replaced the paper shade on her Ikea lamp wth a knitted one...
We bet it blows beautiful patterns on the wall; we know it's pretty. Are you a knitter or a crafter? Share the pix of your crafts and DIY projects with us by sending it to "la@apartmenttherapy.com/la"!
[photo via Linda N.]
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Comments (5)
Hmmm. Am checking back here to see what everyone has to say about this. As a knitter and someone who remembers the '70's, I sometimes wonder whether my craft, in jeopardy of being the macrame of the future, isn't best limited to traditional knitwear (sweaters, blankets and the like). On the other hand, knitting inherently has all those little holes and light does shine through it beautifully. So it might be a great idea, depending on the material knitted with. And great call about the wall patterns!
It is ghastly.
i bet someone could knit a lampshade i'd like for all the reasons you and jennifers mention.
this is not it.
I think it would look lovely with thinner yarn and a more complicated-looking lace pattern. If I still had the metal frame for my mostly-broken paper IKEA lamp, I'd try it.
KTG - in theory you should be able to agitate it in a tub of hot water & soap, but I could never manage to conjure up enough friction without a washing machine.
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