I'll bet Arch could knit it in a week

[wafflycat]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...-knits-anatomically-correct-woolly-brain.html

"Psychiatrist knits anatomically correct woolly brain
Psychiatrist Dr Karen Norberg, of National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, spent a year knitting an anatomically correct replica of the human brain"


Pah! Arch would have it done in a week

 

[Hilldodger]

Yeah, but not this week coz she's got to finish her homework

 

[Arch]

Fantastic!

Funnily enough, I'm currently doing a scarf for my sister, in light grey - a sort of brain colour...

I wish I could knit my PhD...

 

[Maz]

I've just thought. Is knitting a dying art? Do any kids these days do knitting? I used to do a bit (only straight lines, and very slowly). Mum used to (and still does) make loads and loads of stuff - jumpers, tanktops, babywear, hats, scarves etc you name it. And all with beautifully crafted patterns, spirals n stuff.

 

[Aperitif]

I see you as a tanktop wearer Maz..."think tank top - think Maz! - a double nit if ever there was..."

Nice work by the doc though...my real one(cell) looks like that I reckon

 

[Arch]

Knitting is hugely fashionable these days, there has been a big resurgence in it - people (mainly women, I think, but not exclusively), go to 'stitch and bitch' sessions held in coffee shops and so on, taking advantage of the fact that you can knit and natter at the same time.

I suspect maybe people treat it more as an art or craft form than merely a practical method of making stuff. Next time you're in Smiths, look to see if they have any of 2 or 3 knitting magazine titles I can think of, all full of trendy patterns and ads for expensive yarns.

Yes, there are even knitting forums....

 

[Maz]

Knitting is hugely fashionable these days, there has been a big resurgence in it - people (mainly women, I think, but not exclusively), go to 'stitch and bitch' sessions held in coffee shops and so on...

'Stitch and bitch' - what a great name!

 

[Aperitif]

'Stitch and bitch' - what a great name!

Yes - they hold them in places like Café Facet...(so many faces to be seen with knitted brows)

 

[vernon]

I've just thought. Is knitting a dying art? Do any kids these days do knitting? I used to do a bit (only straight lines, and very slowly). Mum used to (and still does) make loads and loads of stuff - jumpers, tank tops, baby wear, hats, scarves etc you name it. And all with beautifully crafted patterns, spirals n stuff.

Yep. My daughter does. I taught her and my wife to knit. My daughter has just taken up crochet and has made her first coaster.

My last big project was abandoned when the was getting fatter faster than I could knit.