In the past few years, knit hats have become a popular winter accessory. Unfortunately, this boom has not reached the author, but a knit hat is one of the fashionable items that can be enjoyed only in winter.

Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex, students at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland, have created the "Rocking Knit," a rocking chair perfect for winter. This is a revolutionary (?) invention that allows knit hats to be knitted. The Rocking Knit is a revolutionary (?) invention that allows knit hats to be knitted.


The Rocking Knit looks less like a rocking chair and more like a porch swing, the kind of swing that hangs over the front door of a house in a foreign country. The knitting machine attached to the top of the chair is activated when the user sits on the chair and swings his or her body back and forth. Just by swinging back and forth while reading a book or looking outside, a knitted hat will be knitted. Sitting on the "Rocking Knit" and knitting while swaying, you may have a whole winter outfit ready to go.




By the way, a product called "iRock," a rocking chair that can charge an iPad, was once developed in Switzerland. This product generates electricity by rocking the rocking chair back and forth, and can charge an iPad up to 35% after one hour of rocking.



iRock" is quite high-tech. In contrast, "Rocking Knit" gives off a low-tech scent. But I also have a feeling that low tech might be better suited for a traditional rocking chair.

In any case, it seems that Swiss people are very familiar with rocking chairs, as they keep coming up with new products like this one after another. In Japan, we rarely have a chance to see rocking chairs, and I have never met anyone who is enthusiastic about developing new products related to rocking chairs.