I'd like to give it three stars, but the buttons arent' working...
This is GREAT! I want one for myself! My apartment has no overhead hardwire fixtures so I have been stuck buying the cords and bulbs from Ikea and hooking them to the ceiling. Something like this would have been perfect!

Oooh, these are beautiful! I love them.

This is just too cute!

They are so beautiful! They'd make the cutest reading lights in the bedroom, or maybe three of them hanging over a desk at different heights, or in a reading nook... brilliant :)
http://www.notyourgoddess.blogspot.com/

these look great, But i've tried touching a CFL when lit and even if they're lower heat than regular bulbs, it was still pretty hot.

Are they meant to be disposed of once the bulb burns out? Or can you put in a new bulb? It looks kind of like a one time use, but maybe I'm not seeing something. Love the red one. Great light.

They are a cute idea - but I too would be worried about causing a fire.

Can't the just develop some kind of coating that they put on the glass of CFLs to improve the tone of the light?

they just keep saying "uncircumcised" to me (not that I have an issue with that, just that's not what I want my lamps to say to me)

I want these. Several of them.

Bahaha @ d4kk1tt3n

But yeah, these things are amazing. Great idea!

Haha d4kk1tt3n, you ruined it for me. I thought they were cute until... Yeah, I don't really want anyone/thing saying "uncircumcised" to me. : P Hilarious.

Brilliant, daily I am amazed at the creativity that I find here at Apartment Therapy.

beautiful! they have a nice ambience about them

Um, not so much, cute yes, but I am not sold on lights covered in this fashion.

Don't know about the European legislation but I did read up the one here about incandscents and that is, higher wattage incadescent bulbs will be phased out here in the US but lower wattage bulbs up to 60W will have to be more energy efficient and all decorative bulbs, which usually aren't more than 60W anyway are exempt for a lot of fixtures are best with flame tipped bulbs and the like.

Not all CFL's give off a bad color when lit, it is best to find out which ones do and which ones don't and go with the ones that more closely mimic the old incadescents.

One of the problems that I see is that not all lighting technologies work in all situations. CFL's even those that can dim don't dim like an incadescent will often times as once you hit a threshold, it simply shuts off while an incadescent can be dimmed way down, so much so as to mimic the light output of a candle, given that the dimmer is decent enough to allow this and many lamps can't fit a 3 way CFL version without the bulb sticking out of the top and changing the shade for a larger one may cause the lamp to be out of proportion so that's why I think the US is not phasing out ALL incadensents for that reason and it's simply not practical to do so anyway. I refuse to buy LED's until they quit looking cold and bluish and can output like a CFL or an incadenscent can in the same sized area.

But I do use CFL's whenever I can at home however.

i love these. very sweet.

Is it just me, or would this be considered a fire hazard? Light bulbs get pretty hot......Doesn't seem practical or safe.

These are just so pretty and well made. I do have some reservations about any potential fire hazards, but really love the aesthetic of the design.

I was wondering where my missing socks were...

Gorgeous!
smart idea, very well executed. I'm familiar with industrial knitting too, and i can say this has been designed very smartly with great attention to detail, and should be quite efficient to produce on a knitting machine. So kuddos for this great design, I hope she takes it all the way from this prototype to product for sale. I gave it three stars, good luck in the contest.

Very nice! I could see this being sold directly by Ikea actually... as in you would by the bulb, the socket and the knitted cover and assemble it yourself...
I love that the cable is also covered in knitting. Looks ver beautiful as a bunch of 3 of 4, hanging from the ceiling.
nicely done!

Very cute. Great product idea, with a nice sustainable feel behind it.

Loving those. I would definitely buy!

let's get crafty!

I'm sad this has been bumped out of the top 6. =( It was sort of unfortunate to be one of the first designs posted.

Lefevre is signing a double rip-off with one project !
What a performance !

concept rip-off :
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6169/ingo-maurer-euro-condom.html

object rip-off :
http://www.llotllov.de/product/matt.htm