The Big Metallica Knit-a-thon

I was going to post an "intro" post but I'm so damn excited by my current project that I'm skipping that.

I'm knitting the Metallica album covers into a blanket.

Okay, see the title of the blog, Not Your Nana's Knitting, you probably won't find very many bunny rugs or fiddly shawls and stuff on this blog, if at all.  I have got a WIP of a baby blanket for my sister due in January, and I do have to knit my daughter some shorts for her brothers birthday party in January, but mostly I knit cool stuff.

Who am I?  I'm a 25 year old Australian married mum of two, lover of all things metal with a special passion for Metallica and an extra special passion for Kirk Hammett.  And I knit.  I know knitting conjures up images of grannies in floral nighties making baby booties and watching Dr Quinn Medicine Woman.  I prefer to knit my own patterns watching Some Kind of Monster, Life After People, The Walking Dead etc etc.

And I really like Zombies.

Okay, to the Metallica knit.

So I was listening to the Black Album one afternoon and thought, wouldn't it be cool to knit like the faces from the insert from the album, the contrast really lends itself to being a pretty easy knit and it would make a pretty cool throw rug.

Well one thing led to another, my car magically drove itself to Lincraft and I found myself watching S&M and knitting James Hetfield's face.  Couldn't start with Kirk, if I screwed up his face I'd never forgive myself and I had no idea if it would work.

So now I'm working on a project that when finished will hopefully look something like this...

 

Pretty ambious project, I know.  It's funny the album covers I was most nervous about doing appear like they will probably be the easiest, Load, the black album faces (not the cover I know but I think it works better than the actually cover even with Jason's monster of a chin), Reload, Kill Em All and St Anger will be the easiest ones.  Even And Justice for All will be pretty easy as it's mostly grey tones but a big fuck you to Death Magnetic, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets with your awesome music and incredibly detailed covers.

 

Oh you think Death Magnetic isn't a detailed cover?  Look at those lines around the coffin!  Hello Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!!

 

 

It all started with the black album faces and has spiralled into a big project, and I'll post here the different sections and then once it's finished and the my other projects, along with other stuff that we're doing and what we're up to.

 

I have to go clean my house and be a responsible adult now.  But tonight, I get to work on Kirk's face!!!

 

Oh get your head out of the gutter, that's clearly where mine belongs ;)