Blossoms for Blooming - A Threadknits Submission

What started as a quick little video on two steps in my Threadknits project (http://www.threadknits.com) has become something greater! I loved the "time elapse" idea, so I set up the camera to film me as I put the blossoms on the deer to finish off the whole project.

If you don't already know, Threadknits is a competition sponsored in part by Threadless(http://www.threadless.com). Like Threadcakes (http://www.threadcakes.com). , participants knit (or crochet) an entry inspired by one of the Threadless designs. I chose "Blooming' by TJ Zhang. This video shows how I made the needle-felted blossoms on the deer itself, and then how I knit and assembled the petals for the cherry blossoms for the antlers/branches.

You can see the Threadless design here: http://www.threadless.com/product/1953/Blooming?streetteam=threadless-haiku

You can see photos of my entry (not submitted yet) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zealofzebra/sets/72157623375788472/

The music is February from Tchaikovskys Opus 37b, performed by Alfonso Bertazzi and Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) by Christian Sinding performed by Knut Erik Jensen. You can find more of Alfonso here: http://www.classiccat.net/performers/bertazzi_alfonso.htm You can find more of Knut here: http://www.classiccat.net/performers/jensen_knut_erik.htm

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