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End of large gold sprayed Knitting needle 180cm long by2.5cm wide.
Tip of needle made of wood below.

These are shots of one of two  long

knitting needles I made. The wool I used was the chunky type and the stitch used is stocking stitch. The turquoise colour  of wool, worked in harmony with the gold sprayed needles.

The difficulty lay in the actual awkwardness of holding the needles, due to the weight and length of them and the transferring of one stitch from one needle onto the other needle.

The sizing of the needles was inspired by Claes Oldenburg who giganticizes  every day objects. Julia Hopson holds the Guinness Book of Records record for knitting with the largest needles in the world.                                                                              

However after 3 weeks of sore hands and perseverance I managed to complete a knitted piece the size of a standard door!