{"id":1410,"date":"2019-05-17T16:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:40:54","slug":"the-great-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/the-great-pyramid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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:<\/p>\n\n\n

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“I\u2019ve been looking, for a while, for a recognisable landscape or place to try as an illusion knit. The Great Pyramid and Sphinx seemed a good idea as it is a view known to many.<\/p>\n

<\/em>The illusion has been designed to be viewed from the side so is intended to be a wall hanging but could easily be incorporated into a design for a bedspread or table runner.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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He was pleased with the result. Photographs never do justice to illusion knitting. They have to be seen in real-life to appreciate how much they change as you move past them. For a better impression view an animation <\/a>on our web site. (The animation is not on this page because some people do not like moving images.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what you see from directly in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About four years ago the original piece was acquired by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Then, a few weeks ago, they asked for another (I don’t know why they need two copies of the same illusion.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve knitted the original, I knitted the second. I calculated that it took about 70 hours to knit. The finished piece measures approximately 89 cm x 58 cm (35\u201d x 23\u201d). Eventually we may find out where this can be seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pattern is available on Ravelry. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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