The Knitting Fiend

Recently, I visited “The Knitting Curmudgeon”; you know, the blogger who made fun of people who wear festive holiday sweaters? The one who claims “I rail against the KnitDweebs continually”? (This seems to involve griping that one person created a blog ring devoted to dogs and knitting, and the even more horrifying idea that someone else created a ring devoted to cats and knitting! )

Yes, a truly amazing blog, where everyday, we read of new horrors blighting the world of knitting! Let’s read her review of a dreadful new knitting magazine, KnitScene. She begins:

And perpetuating this nonsense and so as not to let Vague Knitting one-up them, Interweave Knits has come out with KnitScene. You can see the garments on the web site for yourself. There was not one I would make, not even for Liz, who doesn’t consider anything knitted but socks and scarves to be “kewl.”

(Emphasis mine.)

Her final diagnosis appears to be:

“And I suppose 44 patterns plus articles for $7.95 is a good deal if you like 2.5 spi garments and fugly crocheted schmattehs.”

I had been warned. But, I was curious, so, I clicked the link to KnitScene.

Lucky for me I have a strong stomach. I mean, look at this stuff:

Look at that coat on the left. Who, I say who in their right mind would choose a thick yarn to knit a coat?

What an idea!

But it got worse. Look at the figure flattering shaping on the sweater on the left!? Don’t young women today know they are supposed to wear boxy sweaters like those designed by Alice Starmore? If young women knit tailored sweaters, and what will they do next? Wear slacks?

If you too have a strong stomach, check out the other styles. But rest assured, if Marilyn says there’s nothing worth knitting at KnitScene, there’s nothing worth knitting!

Lucky for us, Marilyn didn’t limit herself to telling us how fugly current fashions are. She also reminisced about the days when patterns were attractive. You know — back when she worked for a knitting magazine.

Gushing, “In many ways, I do miss the old knitting magazines.”, she posted a photo showing covers of magazine she worked on that included these lovelies:

Photos removed at request of Marylin Roberts.
Please visit :“The Knitting Curmudgeon” to see the beauty of the intarsia cardinals, log cabin, watermelons, Christmas stocking and daisies splattered across the fronts of women’s chests!

It’s on the magazine to the left almost concealed by the other covers.

True beauty! Adorn your torso with intarsia cardinals, watermelons, socks, log cabins and daisies. Dangle furry balls from your chest. Buy magazines likes these at ebay, and you too can recreate the always flattering, ever fashionable and indescribably elegant “Midwestern Kindergarden Teacher” look!