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I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real
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I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

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I am a professional knitter from Amsterdam who likes to knit cool things for my brand Club Geluk. We knit realistic everyday stuff with lots of details and even wrote a couple of books about it. We knit hams, TVs, plants – all sorts of funny and unique design things. A few years ago, I thought of knitting my son. He liked it, and we worked together on it.

The reactions during the process were so diverse – from creepy to beautiful – that we decided to take some photos of this impersonation in real life to place the weirdness in context.

I posted it online telling people I knitted him because he reached puberty, did not want to cuddle anymore and therefore I knitted a new son. It went viral, and people thought it was real. But it was just a fun family art project.

We wanted to set the bar a little higher regarding my knitting skills. I thought of knitting my son all grown up and knitting an ex-husband. So the story continues: The son is now grown up and left home. My husband left me after I knitted my son for the first time, a few years ago. So I knitted a grown-up son and a new and improved husband.

More info: clubgeluk.nl | Instagram

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    He brings me flowers. They don’t fade and neither does our love

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    Club Geluk

    Club Geluk

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    We are Club Geluk, an Amsterdam based textiles label. We are known for our bizar knits, crazy crochets and yarn art.

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    Club Geluk

    Club Geluk

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    We are Club Geluk, an Amsterdam based textiles label. We are known for our bizar knits, crazy crochets and yarn art.

    Titas Burinskas

    Titas Burinskas

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    This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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    Titas Burinskas

    Titas Burinskas

    Moderator, Community member

    This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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    Monica Sargent
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is really amazingly dedicated work. Is it wrong of me to suggest that she see a therapist?

    Lila Launehase
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might be wrong but it looks to me that she "just" knitted a full head mask (don't know a better english word for it), gloves and shoes for them. The men are wearing it, posing for her. Great work and very funny, nevertheless!

    Daniel Marsh
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is funny. She is truly a knit wit. Wait... why does that sound wrong...?

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    Monica Sargent
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is really amazingly dedicated work. Is it wrong of me to suggest that she see a therapist?

    Lila Launehase
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might be wrong but it looks to me that she "just" knitted a full head mask (don't know a better english word for it), gloves and shoes for them. The men are wearing it, posing for her. Great work and very funny, nevertheless!

    Daniel Marsh
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is funny. She is truly a knit wit. Wait... why does that sound wrong...?

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