I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

I am a professional knitter from Amsterdam who likes to knit cool things for my brand Club Geluk. We knit realistic everyday stuff with lots of details and even wrote a couple of books about it. We knit hams, TVs, plants – all sorts of funny and unique design things. A few years ago, I thought of knitting my son. He liked it, and we worked together on it.

The reactions during the process were so diverse – from creepy to beautiful – that we decided to take some photos of this impersonation in real life to place the weirdness in context.

I posted it online telling people I knitted him because he reached puberty, did not want to cuddle anymore and therefore I knitted a new son. It went viral, and people thought it was real. But it was just a fun family art project.

We wanted to set the bar a little higher regarding my knitting skills. I thought of knitting my son all grown up and knitting an ex-husband. So the story continues: The son is now grown up and left home. My husband left me after I knitted my son for the first time, a few years ago. So I knitted a grown-up son and a new and improved husband.

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My precious son on the couch, always on his phone

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

He now can even cook a bit

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

But he love his mothers lasagna better, the sweetheart

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

Now my son is all grown up, he likes to shower alone

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

I don’t mind him smoking, thank god the cigarettes are knitted too

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

Thankfully I still get my cuddles, that I need so badly. Better knitted, than none a all

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

So, this is my new knitted husband

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

He brings me flowers. They don’t fade and neither does our love

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

My knitted son and knitted husband play more games than ever

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

He is a good listener. Sometimes I even think that I hear him ask me how my day was

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

My knitted husband takes me out for dinner

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real

And he is great in bed and never complains about having a headache

I Knitted A Son And Husband For Myself As A Joke And People Thought It Was Real