Norwegian computer programmer and skydiving champion Kjetil Nordin put over 800 hours of work into researching and crocheting this lovely recreation of the map for Super Mario Bros. 3 World 1. Redditor Buttermynuts spent several minutes making it into this equally lovely GIF.
Anyone with basic crochet skills and a whole lot of free time can make a map out of yarn, but Nordin went several extra kilometres, researching the exact yarn colours needed to emulate the map — which Reddit points out seems to be for the Super Mario All-Stars version of the game — going as far as to scrap an entire section and restart when the water turned out a bit too purple, as reported by NRK (via IGN).
Redditor AlexKingshill, posting as a friend of the creator, uploaded a slew of lovely shots of the gorgeous piece.
Nordin’s next project will be finding a way to mount the yarn map to a wall without completely ruining it. I sincerely hope he does not own cats.
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4 responses to “Man Takes Six Years To Crochet One Super Mario Bros. 3 World Map”
I like the way it even kinda simulates CRT blurriness.
Title should read – “Man crochets, hands in Man badge.”
I think he’s a champion, better than the way some other gamers waist their time.
800 hours well spent.
Love those fuzzy pixels.
(GIF != lovely)
There is no way in hell this would be on the floor in my room.
‘To the Batcave!’
Love this!!! I want one in my home!!!