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A mom got tired of her teenage sons not cuddling so she knit a new son who will
Finally, a solution for parents who don’t want their kids to grow up: just knit new kids.
When Marieke Voorsluijs’s sons began reaching puberty, they stopped wanting to cuddle with her. Being a textile designer, she did what came natural: created a new son out of yarn who would cuddle endlessly.
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Of course, the project is mostly for laughs, and Voorsluijs told Mashable in an email that her sons appreciate the irony of it since she is “not a smother mother at all.”
Image: Courtesy, Marieke Voorsluijs
According to Voorsluijs, who co-authored a book filled with instructions about realistic knitting, the project is a “tribute to puberty and [her] sons.” Read more…
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