©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021

©Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer 2021

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ILLUSION ART

Mona Lisa

Girl with a  Pearl Earring

Marilyn Monroe

Proserpine

Lady with an Ermine

American Gothic

Mondrian Lookalike

Moonrise

Sunburst

Tiger

The Great Pyramid

A View from The Thames

Zebra

Yorkshire Terrier

Twilight

Albert Einstein

Leonardo

Praying Hands

Nefertiti

Tutankhamun

Squares That Look Round

Elvis Presley

The Beatles

Cher

Cliff Richard

Squares That Look Round

First Class

Edward VIII

Pendle Witch

The Scream

Bob the Boston Terrier

Creation of Adam

Flying Dragon

The Green Man

Anubis

Beata Beatrix

Sybilla Palmifera


Charlie à la Warhol

The Three Graces

Minor Tour

Where in the World

Arachnid

Puffin

Lady with an Ermine - Head

Eagle

Home is where the heart is

Vincent

Bubbles

Menger Sponge

Owl Eyes

Vincent

Bubbles

Liberty

Green and Pleasant Land

Ada Lovelace

The Treachery of Images

Green and Pleasant Land

Ada Lovelace

Sappho

Winged Serpent

The Treachery of Images



An Orchid

Is this just fantasy?

Freddie Mercury







These YouTube videos will give you more idea of what happens when you view the knitting from different angles. (Some are a little wobbly due to the problems with getting the right angles.)




View moving images on the Animations page


The illusions you see in the pictures above are far more complex than most illusion knitting. We do not know of anyone else working with illusions in this artistic way. Steve’s ability to draw and paint give him the advantage of being able to create such detailed pieces.


The original drawing and charting are complicated. The knitting is no more difficult than for simple illusion knits. It merely needs careful counting on most wrong side rows. Anyone who can do knit and purl stitches could make any of these pictures.




Woolhelmina’s Channel  or our video page

Patterns are available on

Illusions page of the Order Form


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These illusions are designed to be viewed from the side.

When you look straight on to a piece of illusion knitting you see only two-colour stripes. The picture is revealed when you look from an oblique angle.

Photographs do not do justice to the amazing effects. It is very difficult to photograph them from the correct angle.