Knitted illusions are extremely difficult to photograph. When you look straight at the knitting the image disappears and you only see narrow stripes. The image is revealed as you move round and look from different angles. We have recently updated a lot of our photos. These are probably the best we have ever had but …
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People often ask Steve to design particular illusion charts for them. He almost always says no. It is very time consuming and he always test-knits things himself to make sure they really work. He is always willing to help someone wanting to create their own and their are also tutorials on our web site. A …
My Face Cloth
Because Pat was making things at small size I decided to have a go at making the head of my Lady with an Ermine using the finest yarn we had in the house. It is very difficult to photograph illusion knitting. It needs to be seen in real-life to appreciate how it changes as you …
The Great Pyramid
Almost nine years ago Steve designed, and knitted, an illusion of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. He constantly looks for new challenges and this was a very early one. At the time he wrote: He was pleased with the result. Photographs never do justice to illusion knitting. They have to be seen in real-life to …
An Orchid
Steve recently completed a new illusion knitting design, called An Orchid. It is based on a drawing by Lodygin Sergey Pavlovich who was a Russian graphic artist and theatre designer. There is very little information about him and his name appears in several different forms. This is a very intricate design. It took well over …