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Last night in the Evening Standard I saw a picture of a knitted clock being sold at the Conran shop – for £350! That’s the price of my crochet clocks with an extra zero!!! This morning I couldn’t find that specific clock on the Conran shop website, but they do have these two knitted clocks, designed by Benedetta and Carlo Tamborini for Diamantani & Domeniconi.
The covers can be removed for hand-washing and are £130 each. It looks like it’s knitted in moss stitch so it has a nice texture, which will probably gather dust – hence removable covers for washing. I love the simplicity of it.
However….. the two Tamborini designers also make huge knitted clocks, called the Gomitolo Clocks, in six colours.
Gomitolo is the result of a collaboration between an industrial designer (Carlo) and a fashion designer (Benedetta). It’s beauty lies in the transfer of material and technology from the fashion industry.
The smallest of the huge clocks are 50cm diameter at £246.50 (my biggest clock sells for £50) and their big one is, wait for it, 90cm diameter – that’s almost 1 meter at £462.50!!!! But just look how amazingly it is!
I have no plans to crochet a 90cm clock – I’ll leave that to Benedetta and Carlo. I can however appreciate a beautiful thing when I see it, even if it is knitted 😉
You can buy the Gomitolo clocks at Nest, or you can buy (ten of) my crochet clocks at Etsy.
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It really is stunning. The trend in interior decorating seems to be the mix of different textures (upholstery, cushions, carpeting, etc.). It would be a good idea for you to send pictures/a portfolio of your clocks to interior design firms – not only in the UK, but also in SA. Good luck!
I just found you on Etsy today and I love your clocks! They’re simple and sweet. I learned knitting from my sister and I learned a little bit about croche on the internet. I actually love it. It’s not easy though. You have a great found and I really love the Gomitolo clocks.
Good luck with your sales!
Love the clocks, I have to get mine out of storage, I have two crocheted clocks my grandmother made for my 8th birthday and again for my 18th. Should put them up in my room one of these days but it’s great to see some one else doing the same thing my Nanna did!
That’s such a lovely story! I would love to see photos of those clocks. To think somewhere in the world years ago someone else also made crochet clocks. Wow!