I have been into miniatures ever since I found stop-motion as a kid. Most people would consider the artists who work on such a small scale to be either insanely talented or just plain crazy. Regular miniature models are hard enough to make, especially clothes, so it is kind of rare that we can find someone who not only makes these delicate treasures, but actually knits them by hand.
In comes the wonderfully talented Althea Crome. As an "extreme knitter" (as she puts it), Crome takes anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months to design and knit tiny sweaters, socks, and gloves on the 1:12 scale. She uses knitting needles that can be just as wide as a single strand of human hair. What drew me to her work was her involvement in the film Coraline, as she was contacted by the studio and asked to create Coraline's signature star sweater and striped gloves by hand for the film. Her work has appeared in Ripley's Believe It Or Not, The New York Times, and The Martha Stewart Show. The link to her insanely cool round-up of handmade collections is below. Just be prepared: the detailing will blow your mind.
Some of her work (from bugknits.com):
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