Fascinated by the scores of basketball hoops on walls of houses, garage doors, school grounds, etc., that usually languish in oblivion without a net, I have often knit them one in my mind. It is a handy idea, originating from the assortment of things you learned to make with your hands. Working with your hands makes them clever. Making a small “Knitknack” with a knitting knobby was my first step in learning to knit.
What fascinates me about knitting is the idea of arranging a single thread so ingeniously. All sorts of shapes, as it were, can be created by knitting stitches together or adding them at the right place. It results in a three-dimensional surface area.
Creating a clever knitting pattern is a fairly challenging mathematical task.
This work also belongs to my “Home stories” and assumes the role of “Rapunzel” there.
“Knitknack” is adaptable. Officially, a basketball hoop hangs 3.05 metres from the floor or ground. Here it is approximately 4 metres. I find the relationship to a window important. “Knitknack” could ultimately be used as a fire escape ladder – or perhaps also the other way round.