Quantcast
Channel: The Irish Sun
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 194476

Professional knitter creates jumper for every iconic landmark he visits worldwide

$
0
0

KNITTER Samuel Barsky is a real jet-sweater — creating a matching patterned woolly for each landmark he visits.

The 45-year-old travels to seven iconic destinations a year, spending the month before on his pullover.

Caters News Agency
Samuel Barsky travels all over the world to take snaps of himself wearing his jumpers in front of iconic landmarks like the Stonehenge[/caption]

He then posts snaps on social media and makes a living by selling his designs.

They include Stonehenge, Tower Bridge, New York’s Statue of Liberty and LA’s Hollywood sign.

Samuel, 45, from Baltimore, US, first made jumpers for him and wife Deborah, 54.

Samuel said: “I first learnt to knit twenty years ago, and straight away I was a natural at it.

“17 months after my first lesson, I decided to knit what I saw – and it was an experiment that went well.

“The most complex design I’ve attempted was Times Square in New York, because I find it much harder to do urban scenes.

“I initially just knitted the jumpers for me and my wife Deborah, 54, a supermarket promoter.

“But whilst she’s not a massive fan of knitwear, I was surprised by the amount of people online that loved my designs.”

Samuel’s online presence has catapulted with over 50k followers on Facebook alone and he’s had to diversify from just jumpers.

Travelling all over, Samuel accommodates for the warmer climates by knitting short sleeve jumpers and even dresses for his wife.

Samuel added: “I take inspiration from the world around me – I love travelling with my wife, and I’ll knit and get my creativity from the scenery.

Caters News Agency
Samuel took his trip to the big apple to the next level by recreating the famous Statue of Liberty on his jumper[/caption]

Caters News Agency
Not many people can say they’ve stood in Times Square while wearing it![/caption]

Caters News Agency
Tower Bridge is in danger of being upstaged by Sam’s masterpiece[/caption]

Caters News Agency
Samuel wears his woolly wonder in front of a natural wonder[/caption]

Caters News Agency
With knitting skills like this Sam is yet another star in Hollywood[/caption]

Caters News Agency
Getting all the Vegas landmarks onto one jumper was always going to be a gamble, but it looks like it’s paid off[/caption]

Caters News Agency
Samuel’s jumper is almost as grand as the canyon[/caption]



Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 194476

Trending Articles



<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>