The John Deere Knitting Machine

Remember when knitting was something grandma did and not something you spotted vigesimal-somethings doing in trendy SOHO cafes? Fine, we can roll, but it's still a
girl-thing right, boys? Well, not when you combine some big ol' John Deere excavators and a pair of 20-foot aluminum knitting needles to create an American flag larger than a Texas pick'em up truck. Dave Cole (artist, possible Oedipal complex sufferer) is no stranger to the knit and purl having already spun a baby blanket from porcelain for tots requiring protection from temperatures above the melting point of steel. His flag will unfurl in time for the 4th (of July you Redcoats) at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art — MASS MoCA, dig?