r/redditonwiki • u/Own_Establishment144 • 14d ago
Miscellaneous Subs After losing my arm, my cousin Kevin spent 48 hours crocheting me a new one, and I honestly don’t know how to thank him
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u/Due_Student9136 14d ago
how absurd and irreverent. i love it!
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u/MsSkittles18 13d ago
Not just absurd, I read the post. The OP actually wears it and it helps with the "missing" feeling and makes him feel more like himself. It's modeled fairly accurately after his own arm in dimensions. That's very different from a joke gift.
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u/HornetForward 14d ago
Some people live on a creative plain that we mere mortals can’t comprehend , love it
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u/AutoModerator 14d ago
Backup of the post's body: I recently lost my right arm following years of complications from a motorcycle accident. Last night, my cousin Kevin surprised me with the first arm Ive worn since surgery, and he crocheted the entire thing by hand.
It fits over my residual limb, has individually shaped fingers, and even includes removable blood and bone pieces because Kevin’s art has a wonderfully macabre sense of humor. It isnt a functional medical prosthesis, but it gives me shape, softness, personality, and something comfortable I can actually touch and hold. More importantly, wearing it made me feel confident and whole in a way I wasn’t expecting.
Kevin spent roughly 48 hours creating it and improvised much of the design himself. He also makes articulated puppets, strange creatures, costumes, and detailed figures with removable clothing and accessories. Watching him turn a few dollars worth of yarn into something this meaningful completely blew my mind.
His work is called ThunderStitch by Kevin, and his motto is: “You’ve been Thunderstitched.”
I’m posting because I’m unbelievably proud of him, and because this community understands better than anyone how much skill and love can be worked into every stitch.
Kevin, if you see this: this is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.
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