The pattern for this creepy little guy reads as follows:
"This classic toy has enchanted generations of babies!"
I don't think the essence of this toy was captured in that sentence so I'd like to re-write it to the following:
"This
I only have one warning if you give this as a gift to a new Mom: cover your ears and take cover...I'm sure she's going to shriek and throw it across the room!
I dunno, I kinda like it. Where'd you find it? Unfortunately I'm only just learning to crochet, so it's probably beyond me. Besides, I'm not prolific enough yet that I want to give my hard work over to be drooled on.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm not sure about creepy, but I'd definitely call it ugly. Then again... babies probably don't know the difference, so they may like it just fine.
ReplyDeleteAsperity... I don't know where this was found, but it's just a series of disks strung together for the arms, legs and body. I'm sure you could figure out something similar without a pattern if you can't find it.
It reminded me of "Chucky" if anyone's seen the movie...and there are so many other toys out there to make and this one just isn't "cute". It scared me when I saw it... :(
ReplyDeleteI expect you're right, but I fear that it might turn into Octopus Hat. And eat my brains.
ReplyDeletehttp://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/cja-clownToy.html
ReplyDeleteCan't sleep, clown will eat me. Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
ReplyDeleteActually, my daughter had one of this (made by a favorite aunt) and adored it. She's now 16 and its pretty worn down and sits on a shelf. But I don't think its true that it terrifies kids.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to Lion Brand! LOL Don't get me wrong, I like some of their stuff, but, wowzers, can they turn out some strange ones! My 7 year old laughed out loud when she saw this one! My 3 year old did seem a bit disturbed by it.... I would crochet it if someone I didn't like had a baby....
ReplyDeletePretty creepy! It scared me!!
ReplyDeleteomigosh! that looks like a plump voodoo doll!
ReplyDeleteit looks like its wearing its organs on the outside of its body ...
ReplyDeleteEEEEK! That is very creepy. I promise I will never crochet one.
ReplyDeleteI am going through the past few weeks and I just wanted to say, I was totally one of those babies enchanted by one of these clowns. And by enchanted, I mean terrified.
ReplyDeleteyeah. clowns are just creepy in general. except maybe hobo clowns. they're kinda sweet in a homeless drunk sort of way.
ReplyDeletealso, my aunt made me one of these when i was little. i hated it, but i tried to play with it every time she was around and pretend i loved it. i suspect i failed to convince her as she never made me anything else. sorry auntie.
....wow, that's actually kind of cathartic
As one who has always had a clown phobia, if someone gave that to me, I might have to get violent.
ReplyDeleteBehind every clown face is an axe murderer, really.
It might look okay if it wasn't made out of that sicky looking pink color.
ReplyDeleteOkay, not up to the usual standard, I must say.
ReplyDeleteThe execution in the example is far from perfect, but I think it could be adorable in the hands of another crocheter. The concept is good, and it reminds me a little of my favorite doll as a little girl, a blonde clown rag doll in a pink outfit, which was thoroughly adorable.
So again, example bad, concept good.
Clowns shouldn't be allowed full stop! but this one just shouldn't have been......
ReplyDeleteThey all float down here.... Im still scared to walk by sewer grates. Clowns will forever scare the bejeebus out of me and this god forsaken little bit of yarn and terror is why.
ReplyDeletea "goth" might like it ... especially if it was dunked in black dye ... or crochet it in black and/or "blood and guts" red ...
ReplyDeleteOkay - I had one very similar to this when I was little. Thank you to whoever posted, I will now be having nightmares for months to come!
ReplyDeleteon the other hand, it did feel pretty cool, and I'm totally into tactile stuff. just make it less creepy if ya can.
Cheers!
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ReplyDeleteI made this clown with discks made from primary colors instead of the suggested yarn. Everyone who saw it absolutely loved it, and I had one little girl like it so much she didnt want to give it back.I've madxe them with hats and cute faces. The pattern was just the base and i used my imagination to make it loveable.
ReplyDeleteI had something like this when i was little but instead of a clown it was a little eskimo baby. The body was made out of the little crochet pancake thigns and the head was a plastic face stuffed and backed with fun-fur. It was actually really cute if not exactly pc.
ReplyDeletepeople in Mum's CWA group (many many years ago when I was a kid) used to make this sort of clown with fabric circles (they used suffolk puffs/yo yos) and a fabric head and hands/etc, with yarn for the hair.
ReplyDeletebtw ... yes the clown on this post does look ... er ... CHUCKY ... in more ways than one ...
btw, I never did get around to making one in black and red (see comment 20 that I wrote here a while back ;-) ... I wonder if I should have?
... or maybe I could do it in grey and white so it looks like seagull poop? ... actually if I just made a long bit of that wrinkly stuff, in greens, it would make an interesting caterpillar ... or maybe do it in pink and red and make some other internal organs to go with it? ...