A DESIGNER armed with metre-long knitting needles and rope-like yarn has nearly broken the internet and Nundle Woollen Mill is to blame.
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Nundle Woollen Mill owner Nick Bradford was at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo, when Melbourne designer Lynda Collins from Handmade Interiors was demonstrating chunky knitting using the Nundle Merino Wool Vine at their stand.
He videoed her knitting and put it up on Facebook on Sunday, July 24, and less than a week later, it's had 1.1 million views.
"Our website has gone into meltdown - it's quite extraordinary," he said.
Our website has gone into meltdown - it's quite extraordinary.
- Nick Bradford
The mill has, subsequently, been inundated with orders of wool and products, not just the chunky yarn. The wool can be used for chunky scarves, blankets and throws and uses needles that Colin Nelson, a wood turner with the Tamworth Craft Shed makes, that are 50mm in diameter and about a metre long.
Mr Bradford said he developed the new yarn by accident when he was dyeing some wool about three years ago.
What he thought was a disaster has become the latest internet sensation.