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Sat, 2008-09-20 18:44 — Thinman

I ran across an interesting piece of animation on YouTube today that uses knitted panels to tell its story. Thought I'd share it with all of you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0-1GKXZEA

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Wed, 2008-09-24 14:50 — dtwknitter

Here's a liink that explains

Here's a liink that explains a little more about the video.
http://plumtuckered.blogspot.com/2008/02/les-peaux-de-livres.html

Sun, 2008-09-21 19:28 — Chaplainkw

Amazing! thank you for

Amazing! thank you for sharing that - I have sent it to my knitting friends.
k

Sun, 2008-09-21 16:14 — JDM511
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Even if it was done with a

Even if it was done with a knitting machine, it must have taken a long time to make all of these swatches and then to get them lined up correctly. Boggles the mind. Makes an aran sweater seem like child's play.

Sun, 2008-09-21 10:19 — crmartin
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Wow, that is amazing! Thanks

Wow, that is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Sun, 2008-09-21 06:13 — QueerJoe
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Quite amazing how well they

Quite amazing how well they were able to make the people blink and sing...with knitting stitches...I feel like a slacker.

Sat, 2008-09-20 20:48 — AndrewNiehus
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Wow, 700+ frames.

Wow, 700+ frames.

Sun, 2008-09-21 09:28 — TomH
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How did you figure out the

How did you figure out the number of frames?

Sun, 2008-09-21 11:24 — AndrewNiehus
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At the very end when it

At the very end when it zooms out, there is a number at the bottom of the "pages."

Sat, 2008-09-20 20:47 — TomH
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Pretty amazing. Can't

Pretty amazing. Can't imagine that many different animation frames.