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Meet the artist who knitted every tiny sweater in Coraline

Popkin
Oct 22, 2025
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Althea Crome is a professional micro knitter who makes incredibly tiny garments. She made Coraline’s clothes in the beloved 2009 iconic stop-motion. In this fun video, we hear her discuss her process.

Crome explains that she has to use tiny needles to knit each piece. Even though her whimsical garments are mini, each piece tak…

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