I started crocheting at Thanksgiving and have learned that this is a terrific art form that you can use to make almost anything. However, it would not occur to me to crochet a yurt. It did, however, occur to artist Kate Pokorny who is planning to do exactly that and detailing the project on her blog, Yurt Alert.

A yurt, for those who aren’t sure, is a nomadic dwelling used by Mongolian people. However, it’s something that’s become increasingly popular as a design option in the modern world, especially among high-tech minded green-thinking traveler types.

Pokorny is taking the traditional idea of the yurt and instead of going more high-tech is going back to an even more basic design option. Traditional yurts have an inner structure covered with felt. Pokorny’s yurt will be made entirely from crocheted wool, needing no internal structure. Her goal is to use locally-sourced wool and to hand-crochet a large-scale dome which will end up being a yurt that can be lived in.

Creative idea. Way beyond anything I ever plan to do with crochet but cool to learn about, isn’t it?

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