Why?

Posted on October 8, 2007 by SB&C

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 exempt… (Unless you sell them on eBay, Mohair Lady!)

We dont pick on 70’s fashion. Its just too easy…

      Ok.. how about .. we’ll try not to pick on 70’s fashion.. but we do it to remind people that we should learn from our mistakes. And its screamingly funny!

We *will* look at anything that involves boobs, nipples, or fun fur;  is unflattering to the ordinary female form, has horrible colours or intent and…

well… looks like this

Crochet ponchos are bad

Fringed, wool-patchwork/crochet poncho, £44.99;  “only” £44.99!!

Filed under: Clothing Designs, For Women

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16 Responses to “Why?”

  1. Shellie, on October 8th, 2007 at 5:41 pm Said:

    OMG, not only is it very unflattering but it looks like they used up tons of yarn for it! What a yarn waste.

  2. Luci, on October 8th, 2007 at 7:08 pm Said:

    That afghan should have been left on grandma’s couch where is belongs.

  3. Phyllis, on October 8th, 2007 at 10:17 pm Said:

    Does that include a camel?

  4. Hawthorne, on October 8th, 2007 at 11:24 pm Said:

    Gee just what I want to wear on safari!

  5. Crafty Witch, on October 9th, 2007 at 4:20 am Said:

    You don’t pick on 70’s fashions? Aww, I had some vintage 70’s fugs I wanted to submit. No kidding, one of them puts a target on your chest, and the model’s pose seems to emphasize the point.

    This thing in today’s post looks like somebody tried to turn an Attic Windows quilt into a poncho.

  6. SapphireQueen, on October 9th, 2007 at 10:28 am Said:

    Man, for a minute there I heard the theme song from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly…….wahhh, wahhhh, wahhhhhhh.
    So much time spent on something so ugly…..what a waste.

  7. Maryann, on October 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am Said:

    *falls over and dies*

    AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

    I love the model though. She’s really trying to sell it, isn’t she?

    “Look how happy I am because I’m wearing this! Don’t you want one just like it? You know you do!”

  8. Anita, on October 9th, 2007 at 11:38 pm Said:

    YIKES!

  9. knotbygranma, on October 10th, 2007 at 8:11 am Said:

    Anyone else have the theme from “The Lion King” running through their head?

  10. karisma, on October 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am Said:

    Things like this are my biggest peeve with crocheted clothes. There’s a difference between wearing something that’s hand-made and wearing something that looks like someone’s couch cover.

    So bad. So very very bad.

  11. whatnottocrochet, on October 10th, 2007 at 11:29 pm Said:

    Were the camels meant to distract us? It’s not working! LOL

  12. lisalu, on October 16th, 2007 at 8:21 pm Said:

    If you have to stand in an unnatural pose to model a garment, that should be a clue right there that it just isn’t working!

  13. Stacy, on October 19th, 2007 at 9:52 am Said:

    Awww I like it.

    Id wear it. :-(

  14. Crafty Nature, on November 10th, 2007 at 11:19 am Said:

    you know even for the 70’s I don’t think this would be acceptable to wear in public.

  15. blubi, on February 17th, 2008 at 9:27 pm Said:

    I like it too, but camels? WTF !

  16. Peekamoo, on July 20th, 2008 at 4:55 am Said:

    This was quite obviously the product of a long acid (hallucinogen) trip.

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