Just for Fun: Textile Related Oddities & Absurdities - Part 3

More items for your enjoyment that are fun, funny, wierd, or just plain creepy

Part II
Part I

Embroidered Wonder Bread - Catherine McEver - Catherine "...uses sliced bread and thread to create art. while seemingly empheral, mcever has been able to keep some of these carefully crafted embroidered pieces for over four years."
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/10202/catherine-mcever-embroidered-wonder-bread.html

Sewing Machine as Musical Instrument
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/sewing-machine-as-musical

Make Your Own Cloth Menstrual Pads - I kid you not!
http://www.borntolove.com/d-list7-make.shtml

Pringle of Scotland - This is a hilarious 3-minute animated video about what goes into the creation of their luxury knitwear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoiW5-uA3_E&feature=player_embedded

Little Hen Rescue - request and instructions for knitting jumpers for rescued chickens who have lost a significant amount of their protective feathers.
http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/jumpers.aspx

How to Hand Knit a Mattress: 1,000 Strand Knitting - This is a 7 minute YouTube video of Rachel John (Extreme Textiles) knitting with 1,000 strands simultaneously. It shows both the set-up for the event and the event itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVRfVEONxJQ

"Coraline" Tiny Knitting - This is a 2-minute video showing how Althea Chrome handknit the outfits for the Coraline movie character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wADZBNvA_s&feature=player_embedded

Extreme Knitters Rock the Yarn - This is a 3 minute slide show (with audio)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/bpp_slideshows/knitting/publish_to_web/index.html

Extreme Crochet - This is a 4 1/2 minute YouTube video of a woman using her arms (and by extension, her body) as a crochet hook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds9J_hcOOIw&feature=PlayList&p=285E2467F8FECF1A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12

The Knitting Machine - 5 1/2 minute video - Two excavators are used as a knitting machine to actually knit an American flag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSfnURZrKQE&feature=player_embedded

Barack Obama Crochet Tapestry - Teresa gives a tutorial of How to Crochet from a Chart based on how she created a crocheted portrait of Barack Obama
http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-crochet-from-chart.html

      This is 1+ minute video of the process
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEt1DqBRKo&feature=related

What Not to Knit - full knit male body suit promoting the film Bruno - but its still another "WTF?" moment.
http://shadyninjaknits.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-not-to-knit/

Crocheted (and backless) Jock Strap
http://www.rose-kim.com/rose-kimknits/2010/01/thursdays-are-for-what-hell-is-this_14.html

Crocheted Snuggies - y'all gotta make one for yourself! - NOT!
http://www.rose-kim.com/rose-kimknits/2009/12/thursdays-are-for-what-hell-is-this.html

Creepy Halloween Costumes for Infants - I don't find these to be "cute" at all - just creepy!
http://www.rose-kim.com/rose-kimknits/2009/11/thursdays-are-for-what-hell-is-this_12.html

Crocheted Urinal
http://whatnottocrochet.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/crochet-vs-installation/

Stuffed Crocheted Zebra Head
http://whatnottocrochet.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/crochet-mafia/

Stuffed Crocheted Deer Head
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/stuffedtrophy-772570.jpg

Crocheted Hand Saw
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/crochetsawscarf.jpg

Crocheted 31' Garden Hose
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/31-feet-of-hose.jpg

Knitted Power Cord
http://whywouldyouknitthat.blogspot.com/2008/09/why.html

X-Rated - There are just no words for this...
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/defeckto2.jpg

X-Rated - Crocheted penis belt
http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/crocheted-penis

X-Rated - Crocheted nude suit
http://www.tressugar.com/Crocheted-Nude-Suit-1036572

X-Rated - WTF?
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/sculpture-zled-dolls-black-eyelo.jpg

Perfect Gift for the Topless Pole Dancer on Your List
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/lola-pordbl-s.jpg

Crocheted Guns
http://whatnottocrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/starchguns.jpg

Crocheted Gun and Gun Belt
http://hellocraftlovers.com/2008/02/going-through-my-studio-space/

Severed Finger - You can even have the pattern for free...
http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/2006/09/free-pattern-severed-finger.html

Knitted Poop
http://whipup.net/2008/02/27/potpourri-poo/

Knitted Wedding Cakes
http://whywouldyouknitthat.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-tribute-to-cake-wrecks.html

Crocheted Bacon Strips
http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/2010/04/crocheted-bacon-strips.html

Dan Beckemeyer's Anatomy - he creates anatomical work by needle felting onto handmade abaca paper
http://www.mrxstitch.com/2009/04/21/stitchgasm-dan-beckemeyers-anatomy/

Knitted Dissected Animals

Frog
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39427668

Rat
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39323461

Easter Bunny - for those who are into traumatizing children
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34169372

Fetal Pig
http://www.etsy.com/listing/30723742/knitted-fetal-pig-biology-project

Road Kill Carpet - I hope the people that commented about wanting to order one were just BS-ing. By the way, the featured road kill is (or should we say 'was') a fox
http://www.oooms.nl/road-kill-carpet/

Crocheted Eyeball - With instructions
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crocheted-Eyeball/