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kitkatknit
Chatty Knitter
184 Posts |
 Posted - 08/25/2005 : 2:48:59 PM
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I didn't knit it but I can't part with it. My Mom had a British friend that lived a few blocks over when I was growing up. They were knitting buddies. Her friend, who's name escapes me right now, knitted this big ugly ugly ugly brown and gold (guess which year this was) men's raglan sleeved, mock turtleneck, fake Norwegian motifed ski sweater for her son who must have refused to wear it. Mom's friend passed away some years back and one of the daughters brought the sweater over to my parent's house knowing that Mom would appreciate it, cause it was from their mega-knitting days.
Somehow, my Mom figured that my son needed a ski sweater, so about 10 years ago when my parents were visiting, they hauled out the sweater. Our son wore it once. "Um, ah, it never gets cold enough here to wear it Grandma but thanks!"
Its been in the top of his closet now for 8-9 years. I can't bear to part with it. I take it down once in a while and look at the handiwork. Excellent workmanship, UGLY SWEATER.
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Nachema
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 4:23:22 PM
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I just finished something that I think is the ugliest thing I've ever made. It seemed like a good idea in the beginning, of course.
I had some beautiful baby alpaca that I wanted to make a baby sweater out of. I had a pale blue, a pale green, a goldenroddish color and a reddish brown. I settled on the blue, yellow and brown because I wanted to have a sky and two ground colorblocked chunks.
I must have picked out my colors in daylight and then at night when I finished the colors looked awful together. The "sky" is more periwinkle than I thought and looks awful with the reddish "ground" colors." I used short rows to try to get diagonal lines without stairsteps and that threw the collar shaping off so one shoulder is higher than the other.
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GrandmaHatter
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 5:48:36 PM
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Oh my! You're right, I didn't see that ... uh... whatever it is. I wish I could read the German. I'm hoping "auftrage" means outrage, but I'm sure it doesn't.
This designer really loves huge, face swallowing turtlenecks.
Anita
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 6:05:32 PM
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Originally posted by SerMom
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Originally posted by achrisvet
If you want to see some really ugly knitting, poke around on this site:
How on earth did you find that site, Anita? And is it a shop, like it looks? I wonder who buys this stuff, if it is?
Barbara
It's a feature, not a bug.
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Fran's Site:
Isn't it dreadful? When I landed on the balaclava page I started laughing so hard I nearly choked. I discovered it because of this blog:
http://youknitwhat.blogspot.com/
Anita
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Knit kitty
Permanent Resident
USA
1383 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 7:03:40 PM
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The ugliest thing I ever knit has to be the Lion Brand Chenille Thick-N-Quick afghan for my DS. The thing wormed within minutes of completion. Unfortunately, DS loved the feel of it and would not part with it--until last week when we discovered that the yarn was disintegrating all along one edge. Of course, he wanted another one (No Way! ), but was talked into a pillow made out of Touch Me instead. Now I just have to get to a yarn store...
I was never so glad to throw out a project.[crazy]
~Rebecca
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Mean Mama
Permanent Resident
USA
1138 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 7:59:06 PM
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Last Christmas I found myself at one point attending Mass in a Catholic assisted living facilty. One little old lady came down to services wearing a skirt of crocheted "Granny Squares"--BRIGHT acrylic red, white and green, in various combinations. She looked like a walking afghan nightmare.
I have never seen anything so hideous in my life. Of course, she was a sweet lovely thing, and I felt terrible about gagging whenever it crossed my line of vision. It may not be on a level with the german website sited earlier (which IS u-g-l-y) but this item was on a living person (not a mannequin).
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Busyhands
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 9:06:32 PM
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Anita,
I think those enormous turtlenecks are so you can hide your face in shame about how the rest of you looks. Kinda the same theory as the guy who had to close his hood all the way over his head so no one would know who it was wearing the hairy knitted pants.
Lin
"Wearing cheerful, multicolored hats is a public service, easy to perform, and of incalculable value." - Anna Zilboorg
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Cameellie
Honorary Angel
USA
900 Posts |
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Susan T-O
Permanent Resident
USA
2481 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 07:23:49 AM
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My project was a pair of what came to be known as The Butt-Ugly Slippers. It was the first shaped project in the "teach yourself to knit" book I used to, well, teach myself to knit. They were made from a thick hand-spun wool in sort of a beige-y color and dark green (didn't have enough of either color to make the pair, so used both in random clumps). I'm sure you are all familiar with the pattern; it's knit flat, then folded, seamed, and the toe drawstringed (drawstrung?) closed. Hideous! My husband valiantly wore them a couple times, then "somehow" they ended up in the wash and became the Butt-Ugly Cat Toys.
--Susan T-O in Long Beach CA
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kitkatknit
Chatty Knitter
184 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 7:59:45 PM
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Susan T-O, I'm still laughing!!! I usually make Butt-Ugly Cat Toys on purpose. But now I have a plan for what to do with anything that comes out knitted butt ugly!!! Thanks!
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Momo
Seriously Hooked
635 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 8:59:46 PM
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That was hilarious, Susan T-O. It's rare that I actually laugh when I read something on the 'net. Thanks.
Cheers,
Charxc
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Andy
Seriously Hooked
USA
774 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2005 : 7:56:57 PM
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My first sweater. And I gave it to my mom, pure wool yummy Red Heart, in those days I thought it was the greatest. It was gold/mustard with thin black threads all through it and was called something like "Old Gold". It really was hideous, looked like my black cat had already shredded and sat on it. To top it off, my taste is quite eccentric and I just felt *something was missing* so I had to use all extremely antique and huge buttons, many with rhinestones, from my grandmother who was a Romany/French Gypsy (read flambouyant/bright colors/wild). Yes, those were some buttons, all ten of them! Mom is more like HER mother, an Amish-raised woman! No wonder she never wore it. Besides it was as baggy as the peeling off a raisin, sans insides! I still liked it. Go figure.
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Sabrina Fair
Seriously Hooked
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 05:15:24 AM
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I made exactly to pattern a yucky candy pink, blue and pale green mohair and cotton fleck top. Goodness knows why. I knew as I was making it that nobody would want or wear it. I gave it away and I hope the person I gave it to gave it away in turn. As far away from me as possible. I hope I didn't sew a hand knitted by... label in it but its so long ago I can't remember. Hopefully I am now a lot more discerning but I guess every so often one takes a complete aboration.
Sabrina
Sabrina fair,
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave,
In twisted braids of lilies knitting
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KL
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 09/06/2005 : 06:28:34 AM
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| OMG- I'm choking and laughing all over the computer with all of your discriptions! What a great way to start the day after all the anger and frustration that we have been generating! KL |
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blueknitter999
Warming Up
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 10:27:58 AM
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Jesus. I'm going to have nightmares from this stuff (http://www.strickolino.com) especially the one where the man is wearing the knit bodysuit, and poking his head out like he's a bad little boy. Ug. Nightmares.
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claudiam
Chatty Knitter
USA
144 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 6:43:19 PM
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The ugliest thing I ever knit was a sweater that I got from a Knit It Magazine. I think it was my fault that it was ugly because I didn't use the right size needle for the neck so the ribbed neck was all stretched out (2) Homespun another Lionbrand creation does not wash well so it looked funny. I really hate Homespun now, everything has to remain unwashed. (3) I didn't know how to bind off the shoulders. It has all fuzzed over because of the washing and I can't fix it without making it a mid-driff I think. I think that's the worst. I think You Knit was is the funniest blog, especially when one of the ladies goes off about one of Berroco's creations look under my eyes my eyes! http://youknitwhat.com If this isn't right check one of the other posts it has it I'm sure.
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 09/06/2005 : 8:18:38 PM
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Colour wise it would have to be a pair of socks for my drag queen impersonator friend. The socks were knitted from a self patterning yarn in hot pink, lime green, turquoise, and white/grey jacquard bands.
Fashion wise, I started to knit a tie but then looked and it and stopped.
"An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King Jr.
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