Nearly Halloween!

Thats the ONLY excuse I can find for making this:

Otherwise… its….. um…
(Thank you to Kelebek for this one!!).

Show Pony?? NOT

I saw this pattern for sale yesterday and nearly died from dehydration caused by laughing and crying.
 Then, one of the regular commenters on my own blog  had found it amongst her own patterns and went to the trouble of sending it to me, recognising the FUG value.
This pattern for…
THE BOOTS
if thats not a waste of yarn….
It’s for [...]

Horrible Horrible Clowns

*shiver*
These  actually look well made.. but they just give me the yibdabs.

and the one on the right is really freaking me out.
 Possibly its because I knew a guy who looked like that once. What makes it worse… no.. that’s overshare territory.
“Cant sleep, Clowns will get me” indeed!

Is it the Colour?

I dont know.
Maybe I’m completely out of the trendite life (hey - I work 280 km from the nearest town and even that aint so big!) but..
Somehow, this:

Seems a bit wrong.
I know Babydoll is in, I know Minis are coming back but..
The colour is vaguely disconcerting and the neckline is sort of weird and you have [...]

Udderly Awful

Sorry.. I just couldnt resist!!!
There are facts that must be acknowledged about ornaments and crafts and trinkets. They usually involve Cats, Angels, smiley Faced suns, Pigs, cows, sometimes ducks. There’s stars thrown about and glitter as well, all with little homilies and slogans.
A little bit is ok. Its good for you.
Its whimsical and [...]

I dont get it!

Having just finished another post for my own blog and needing something to cheer myself up….
I went searching for crochet patterns to make me feel better.
And it didnt work..
Because I found THIS:

I dont understand a number of things. (but the list is tooo long to go into all of them so we’ll confine ourselves to [...]

Crocheted Thongs

We’ve mentioned the “personal chafing” factor of a crocheted cotton thong for women.
We’ve looked at pointy boob swimsuits and tops that show nipples.
Trashy Lingerie and skirts that dont cover much have also been highlighted…
Now, for your amusement, horror and edification -
 we give you the knitted and crocheted :
Man’s thong.

 
Again..I have to ask the million dollar [...]

Halloween is no excuse…

Even with the best will in the world, and for all the fun that is involved in Halloween (which I do remember from 2 years of living in the States), I dont think you could justify making/wearing this:

Cant you just imagine the conversation between the gritted teeth?

Why?

There are a few principles that our beloved original Poster said to hold on to when choosing something to demonstrate what shouldnt be crocheted.  
We dont pick on people’s home grown stuff - unless its a published pattern or for sale on eBay. There’s a lot of love that goes into those home grown pieces and so that makes them [...]

Exposing Crochet!

Ok…
Lets talk about an important topic.
Nipples.
Everybody has two. Some people have a couple more as proof of evolution. But by and large.. nipples are.. around… They have a useful purpose (and I have to convince my friends’ son that mine dont work the same way as his mother’s as he unerringly heads for my rack [...]