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Wind Knitting Factory

Wind Knitting Factory is a wind-powered knitting machine that uses the force of the wind to knit sustainable scarves.

Designer Merel Karhof presents Wind Knitting Factory, a wind powered knitting machine, which knits scarves with the the wind. You can find her “wind knitting farm” under the wind-canopy at the Nieuwe Emmasingel. Where you can purchase her Wind Knitted Scarfs whilst viewing them being made.

Fashion Windfarm

Designer Merel Karhof presents 'Wind Knitting Factory' during Dutch Design Week. Under the wind-canopy at the Nieuwe Emmasingel she will show her “Fashion Windfarm” consisting of two knitting machines.

Growing Knitwear

‘Wind Knitting Factory’ is a wind powered knitting machine, which knits scarves. At the top of the Wind Knitting Factory a large cone of wool feeds slowly into the machine. As the wool is knitted, it steadily grows and extends downwards, where people can see it becoming longer and longer. Occasionally the knitwear gets ‘harvested’ and transformed into scarves, which are labelled with the time and day the wind created the knit. The scarves will be available for purchase at The Wind Knitting Factory scarf shop.

Sustainable production

This mobile wind factory illustrates a production process and visualizes what you can sustainably produce with the present urban wind.

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About Studio Merel Karhof

Merel Karhof graduated from the RCA in London and the DA in Eindhoven. She designs poetic objects and installations, using crafts and materials in new, original, and sustainable applications. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Taiwan Design Centre. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (USA) purchased the 'harvest' from her wind knitting machine, and her Tanning Laboratory has been included in the permanent collection of the Zuiderzeemuseum
Centre area, Under the roof (Nieuwe Emmasingel), Nieuwe Emmasingel
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Fully Wheelchair Accessible
Dogs allowed
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