Comments on: On knitting 50 life-sized bees http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1369554 TimmoWarner Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1369554 Knot the bees! Knot the bees!

]]> By: yogahz http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1369425 yogahz Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1369425 From the Ravelry project page: Life size honeybee, originally commissioned as a set of 50 for the Union Gallery in Edinburgh. 40% of each pattern sale will be donated to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in the UK. From the Ravelry project page:

Life size honeybee, originally commissioned as a set of 50 for the Union Gallery in Edinburgh. 40% of each pattern sale will be donated to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in the UK.

]]> By: Terry Tinker http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1369086 Terry Tinker Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1369086 Love them, love bees in general.  I know how much work this was, as I'm a knitter too.  Were they made for a specific project? Love them, love bees in general.  I know how much work this was, as I’m a knitter too.  Were they made for a specific project?

]]> By: Carpeteria http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368947 Carpeteria Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368947 These look great, but I mostly love the detail that they mysteriously "had" to be made, as if some cosmic force deemed them necessary to exist beyond the control of the creator herself.  THESE BEES MUST BE KNITTED IN THE SUM OF FIFTY; NO MORE, NO LESS. These look great, but I mostly love the detail that they mysteriously “had” to be made, as if some cosmic force deemed them necessary to exist beyond the control of the creator herself. 

THESE BEES MUST BE KNITTED IN THE SUM OF FIFTY; NO MORE, NO LESS.

]]> By: thezamiel http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368843 thezamiel Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368843  Pattern here! Found through the ravelry Ravel it! Button http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/honeybee-2  Pattern here! Found through the ravelry Ravel it! Button http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/honeybee-2

]]> By: Sherry Weller http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368834 Sherry Weller Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368834 Can us knitters get a bee pattern??  Can us knitters get a bee pattern?? 

]]> By: gws http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368821 gws Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368821 I know nothing about knitting, but these bees look really good. The main picture brings back sad memories of my parents' kitchen floor blanketed with dead bees, the result of a bee-handling mistake I will not make again. Never keep bees indoors, even if you're pretty sure they can't get out of the box. I know nothing about knitting, but these bees look really good. The main picture brings back sad memories of my parents’ kitchen floor blanketed with dead bees, the result of a bee-handling mistake I will not make again. Never keep bees indoors, even if you’re pretty sure they can’t get out of the box.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368786 Donald Petersen Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368786 I often encountered a carpenter bee near a telephone pole at the corner of my front yard when I was a kid.  Though it was big, black, scary, and sounded like a B-17 bomber when it buzzed over my head, it was never remotely aggressive (though seemed inquisitive), and I don't remember ever encountering more than one at a time. These knitted ones are amazing, though I can't imagine how hard they must have been to make.  My fingers cramp and my eyes water just thinking about doing such fine work. I often encountered a carpenter bee near a telephone pole at the corner of my front yard when I was a kid.  Though it was big, black, scary, and sounded like a B-17 bomber when it buzzed over my head, it was never remotely aggressive (though seemed inquisitive), and I don’t remember ever encountering more than one at a time.

These knitted ones are amazing, though I can’t imagine how hard they must have been to make.  My fingers cramp and my eyes water just thinking about doing such fine work.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368775 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368775 Carpenter bees? They're so fat and have such tiny wings, you'd have to be restrained for one to land on you. Carpenter bees? They’re so fat and have such tiny wings, you’d have to be restrained for one to land on you.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/on-knitting-50-life-sized-bees.html#comment-1368764 bcsizemo Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=148674#comment-1368764 They remind me of carpenter bees....and they are just starting to come out where I live.  I hate them almost as much as they hate me. They remind me of carpenter bees….and they are just starting to come out where I live.  I hate them almost as much as they hate me.

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