Knitmare
Posted by episode81 on August 4, 2010
Rather odd
I was visiting with my knitting buddy a few weeks ago. We were sorting through her yarn stash to find something suitable for my Knitting Brioche project.
She has an astonishing amount of yarn in her stash from her time at a local yarn store back in the 80’s. Really. The colors have been in and out of fashion several times. Lucky for me, they are currently in. I left there with 2 bin bags full to the top. All worsted weight. Lots of great colors. Woot!
Anywho, I digress …
While we were rummaging in the yarn stash, we came across a most unusual, and frankly disturbing, knitting pattern. My knitting buddy clipped it from the Dec 91/Jan 92 issue of Threads magazine.
Look carefully at the happy family.
Plus:
- There is pie.
- Family from the neck down:
- Nicely dressed with the possible exception of the pinny.
Minus:
- Small boy has his finger in the pie.
- Family from the neck up:
- Daughter (?) apparently has a very unfortunate hobby.
- Mum is a mouth breather.
- Son is a one-eyed evil-doer with a pie fetish.
- Dad looks terrified.
I won’t be knitting these. And neither should you.
Lisa.
UPDATE: Victoria over at Threads used this image in a recent Spot the Difference column. Thanks for the comment! For some reason, links in comments won’t display …
Anywho, I digress ... 
candybeans said
thank you, so very much, for sharing this with the world. there are no words for how delightful and terrifying it is.
soopsworld said
That’s terrifying and hilarious at the same time = quite the rare achievement, I commend you.
wilson said
i need to knit one of these but i have no hands to knit with
wilson
Victoria North said
We are all laughing over here at the Threads offices that you also dug this out of our archives. We revisited this one not too long ago in our Spot the Difference Game. You should check it out and see if you find the changes we made to the original.
Katie said
Also, the father’s bow tie!
elizamason said
This. Is. Fantastic.
bantics said
oh my this is rather disturbing isn’t it? hilarious thta somebody thought it would be a good idea to publish it at the time. i like your blog, maybe take a wee look at mine bantics.wordpress.com
Wicked Stepmother said
I cannot believe this picture – it is down right creepy…Are you sure it was from a knitting magazine and not some b movie?
Wicked Stepmother said
Plus, the directions? Makes it worse…unravel a mouth? Double Decrease the nose? Sounds like something you would find in a cook book by Hannibal Lecter
handsindelight said
Thank you so much for that great laugh today! I needed it!!!!
Peggy West said
My sister send me the link to this post, with the admonishment that I am NEVER to knit any of these. No fear there. This is some seriously creepy stuff.
wordsfromawoman said
The image was quite amusing. Actually, i like this headgear very much. I’m always cold–even though i live in a moderate climate–and would not mind at all wearing any one of these four hats (heads?) to stay warm in winter. It’s true: a passerby might call the police or the FBI and warn them of having spotted a terrorist. But that’s a small risk to take if you can stay this warm!
I’m not at all a knitter but you’re still most welcome to visit my new blog here: http://www.wordsfromawoman.wordpress.com
Mary said
Are.You.Kidding.Me
Your not. Are you.
Somebody hold me, I’m scared.
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Xenani said
Oh, that is just silly.
I’d love to meet the person who came up with this idea! No, really. I’m sure they’d be a fascinating individual to observe.
Jennie said
The thing I can’t believe is the designer – none other than Meg Swansen! What was she thinking?!
Jude Mcneela said
With patterns of this quality in your possession, you really do have your fingers in all the pies – figuratively speaking. Well done.
Chris Holmes said
Quite possibly the very first Slipknot Family Christmas photo…
Calvin said
This family makes some jihadist’s look tame by comparison! Many thanks…now if you’ll excuse me…I have some nightmares to confront.
Zombo said
That literally scared a whole ball of yarn out of my ass. Awesome find.
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Goodness.. this is hideous! I had to scroll down the page. I felt like they were staring at me. Ew.
rosa said
I think people would look at these in a different way if they knew Meg Swansen’s masks were most probably inspired by the amazing traditional knitted masks from Bolivia and Peru (here‘s an example). But I agree that without the historical context to support it, this cover IS spooky!
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