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About Bigsock
Bigsock started in October 2006, when Joanna Ratcliffe decided to hold a charity knitting event for National Knitting Week in the UK. The original idea was just a giant circular knit, but just days before the event the idea of creating a giant record breaking sock was born.
The current record for the largest handknit sock which measured 4.95 x 4.3 x 1.9 metres is held by the Sheep Farmers Association of Austria.
Bigsock consists of 1,500 stitches cast onto circular needles and measures 7metres in diameter. We estimate that the sock knitted to scale needs to be 4 metres long before we turn the heel.
The aim is for the sock to travel around the world being knit by as many people as possible, schools, knitting guilds, knitting groups, everyone who wants to get involved is welcome to contact us and register to host the sock in their town or city or village.
This blog is a diary of the socks travels around the world.
The current record for the largest handknit sock which measured 4.95 x 4.3 x 1.9 metres is held by the Sheep Farmers Association of Austria.
Bigsock consists of 1,500 stitches cast onto circular needles and measures 7metres in diameter. We estimate that the sock knitted to scale needs to be 4 metres long before we turn the heel.
The aim is for the sock to travel around the world being knit by as many people as possible, schools, knitting guilds, knitting groups, everyone who wants to get involved is welcome to contact us and register to host the sock in their town or city or village.
This blog is a diary of the socks travels around the world.
8 comments:
It was at Sock Summit 2011, in Portland, OR, from 7/28-31!
It was at the Orange County Fair (California) yesterday, Sunday August 7th, 2011, for one day only. I heard it's supposed to be shipped back to England. It was fun to knit on it for a bit.
Hi..we knit on the sock a couple
of years back.. while
it was at the Knitted Peace
in Littleton, Co....just
checking in on the sock...
do we all need to knit a
matching sock? (ha ha!)..
Kendra in Colorado
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It was at the Los Angeles County Fair until the 4th of September. :-)
Whatever happened with the sock?
It's unknown what happened to the Big Sock. I don't know if it got back to England or is in someone's closet. If anyone hears please post a comment.
yes !!! I know where the big sock is. Click on it :
Thermal Big Socks
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