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Weekly DIY Roundup: Funny Knit Patterns!
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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