{"id":1786265,"date":"2018-09-16T17:56:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T21:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786265"},"modified":"2018-09-16T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T21:56:59","slug":"sarah-spencers-giant-star-map-tapestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/sarah-spencers-giant-star-map-tapestry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Spencer&#8217;s Giant Star Map Tapestry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1786266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1786266\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartOfPluto_\/status\/1033550777434816512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1786266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/sarah-spencers-giant-star-map-tapestry\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spencer-astronomy-tapestry\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1786266 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spencer-astronomy-tapestry.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1786266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Spencer (Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This huge star map tapestry is the work of Australian maker <a href=\"http:\/\/heartofpluto.co\">Sarah Spencer<\/a>, who created it by hacking a 1980s-era knitting machine. Yes, this thing was <em>knitted<\/em>: it apparently took more than 100 hours and 15 kg (33 lbs) of (locally sourced Australian) wool to produce this 4.6\u00d72.8-metre (15\u00d79-foot) monster, which is accurate (with the caveat that an equatorial projection distorts familiar circumpolar constellations) and reasonably detailed: the constellations are labelled and the stars&#8217; apparent magnitude is indicated. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/41683-hacked-knitting-machine-builds-stellar-map.html\">Space.com has the story<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2018\/09\/06\/woman-knits-stellar-map-as-a-g.html\">Boing Boing<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This huge star map tapestry is the work of Australian maker Sarah Spencer, who created it by hacking a 1980s-era knitting machine. Yes, this thing was knitted: it apparently took more than 100 hours and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/sarah-spencers-giant-star-map-tapestry\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,3],"tags":[372,1273,1274,1276,1275],"class_list":["post-1786265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-astronomy","tag-big-maps","tag-fibre-art","tag-knitting","tag-star-map","tag-tapestry","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787513,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/sheldon-tapestry-map-of-oxfordshire-on-display\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786265,"position":0},"title":"Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire on Display","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 July 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"In case the Talking Maps exhibition (previously) was insufficient cause for you to visit the Bodleian Library in Oxford this year, here's another. 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