Crochet by Kjetil Nordin

Nordin Makes

Twenty years behind a crochet hook. A national skydiving title or two along the way. This is where the slow work lives.

Close-up of the crocheted Super Mario Bros 3 map blanket

The famous one

The Mario Blanket

The entire first map of Super Mario Bros 3, crocheted stitch by stitch over six and a half years. Roughly 800 hours, 100 balls of yarn, 2.2 by 1.8 metres — and one week of work undone because a blue was the wrong blue.

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From the archive

Selected works

Crocheted Link — hook for a spear — Link — hook for a spear

Crocheted The Angry Birds cast — The Angry Birds cast

Crocheted A full nativity scene — A full nativity scene

What's on the hook right now stays secret until late July.

Coming

A proper gallery. Written patterns you can actually follow. Slowly, obviously.