556 Sweaters... and WHY do you KNIT???
Yesterday the postman delivered a rather special book. It is a book with a collection of 556 sweaters knitted by Loes Veenstra between 1955 and 2012. All sweaters were stored in boxes and never worn. The author Christien Meindertsma has made this book as part of an Art project for the Rotterdam Museum. I came across this book because of THIS video which was placed on the net. All those different people, different ages wearing her sweater. How nice to see everything worn for the first time.. I got very curiuous, because I liked the video and the work from Christien Meindertsma but..why on earth did this woman knit this amazing amount of sweaters for putting them in boxes?? The first thing I noticed was the cover of the book. In this paper hints of fibers used from 9 sweaters who were found damaged. It is a thick book with a little story told by Loes, and the rest is filled with pictures from all 556 sweaters. Nr.1. Till Nr. 556. And all ...