Weekly DIY Roundup:
Funny Knit Patterns!
POSTED
BY Lee Meredith, 15 May 2009
It's been a bit of a rough week for me, so when I sat down to do
the roundup, I decided I wanted to look at things that would make
me laugh. There are tons of silly knit projects out there,
and it was hard to decide which ones to include, so my criteria was
basically the ones that make me giggle (and have free
patterns). Starting with my friends Homero and David of
Splendor - first,
Homero's ingenious combination of the
Bearded Toque
and
Viking
Hat patterns (above), made for a red-headed friend! And
then, David's topical
Swine-Flu Masque from a couple weeks ago:
Half-Assed Patterns offers the adorable googly eyed
Brainmonster
pattern:
A few years ago, I used to make hats similar to that one, but with
felt teeth and crocheted or embroidered eyes, like
this one
(my first) and the one below. No pattern for mine, but you
basically just knit a hat but with no decreasing, so a big tube,
sew it up the top, then add the embellishments. (I made some
other funny hats with no patterns as well, like the
bloodshot
eye.)
If you'd rather your head be eaten by a shark than a monster,
Knitting Ninja has got you covered!
Shark Hat by
Allison MacAlister:
Moving on from hats, knitty has a bunch of funny patterns mixed in,
like Marie-Christine Mahe's
Vegan
Fox:
There are a ton of funny naughty type projects out there (that
could be a whole separate roundup) but I just had to include the
302
Calories pattern by Dawn Payne:
Also on knitty, Astor Tsang's
Desperate
Housefrau is very silly:
Craftster is a great place to find funny projects too - not all of
them have patterns, but some do! Like megziewoodles'
Fingerstaches!
(My friends and I used to
do that back in college with Sharpies, haha)
Back to monsters, Bellana made this awesome
hat and
scarf set! She includes a basic tutorial so you can knit
it yourself!
I recently met a crafter who was so into Nannerpuss that his wife
embroidered him an amazing shirt featuring the creature, so I
laughed when I saw craftycavy's
knit
Nannerpuss! It's mostly improvised, but is loosely based
on Kimberly Chapman's
Banana
pattern.
A Waste of Valuable Server Space offers a free pattern for the
Flying
Spaghetti Monster!
Mochimochi designed this adorable
Toilet Paper! (I never would have thought I'd use the adjective
adorable to describe t-p, haha.)
For science nerd parents, I think the idea of Kimberly Chapman's
Baby's
First DNA Model is funny and awesome:
Alex of Presents Knits, who works at
my favorite local yarn store, designed
Ron the Friendly Stash Moth - the only moth you'd actually want
in your stash!
If you're on ravelry, here's one for you - offered as a free pdf
download there -
penispoopcakewaffle
socks by Wendy Moreland. (To me, the name is funnier than the
socks themselves - not that the socks aren't funny, but really, can
you say that name without laughing?)
One last project, on ravelry only, and without a pattern, and it's
crocheted, but I have to share - lindamade's
glow in the dark gnome beard/brows! Glow in the dark
eyebrows are hilarious!
Ok I know there are tons more silly knits out there, so share your
personal favorites in the comments! There are several I
skipped because I've included them in
other pattern roundups and
didn't want repeats. Also, I chose only free patterns for the
roundup, but support independent designers and be sure to purchase
patterns that you love when you find them! I hope I made you
laugh!!
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