First, she bought six pounds of unspun wool roving, then she went to the hardware store and bought broomsticks to act as knitting needles. When the broomsticks were too small, she went back and bought 1.5″ diameter PVC pipe. She turned each five-foot length of pipe into “knitting needles” by adding duct-tape tips, and just started knitting. A few hours later, she had the Giganto-Blanket.
Laura Birek decided she wanted to knit something GIANT, but I didn’t really know where to start – so she decided to start with a blanket. She calls it the Giganto-Blanket…
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Image Credit: Laura Birek
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Image Credit: Laura Birek
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