Vintage Stitches

Two of the ladies who come to the Mad Knitters' Tea Party (knitting group) arrived with two bin bags full of yarn last night. A friend of the family has been emptying her attic and decided that we could have a free for all in the stash... I was very good. I only took a ball of orange DK for making jellybabies.

However, I also found a stack of fantastically cheesy patterns... (warning: this is picture heavy, and some of these are just not for the faint hearted).

First up: Jumpers for all the family... they look like they're about to go riding and Dad looks like the Action Man doll.



Then, we have the office disco! "Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight!"



But, this is the mother-lode of the haul... the "Patons Aran Book", for when the family want to go UFO watching.



...Triffid dodging...



Then there's the look for the smart woman out and about in the quiet little town of Stepford,
though I quite like this one.



Here we have another Stepford Wife.



And finally, hoodies for all the family - though no hugging, I see. (In different colours, I think this would make quite a funky top for myself...



...though Mum's expression is straight off "The Wicker Man".



Perhaps I've been reading too much Stephen King lately.