Okay, I confess, I don't get the joke, unless he's knitting them up out of steel wool, or knitting extra lumps into them...
It's from The Argus, Melbourne, Australia, 26 June 1941. Perhaps Australian humor is just different.
This cartoon, and the patterns below, are courtesy of the National Library of Australia. You can search out lovely patterns, and even correct the robotic translation if you're bored and anal. Apparently there's also some way to list these on Ravelry, but don't ask me for details. A Rarer Borealis posted in more detail about posting there. Me, I'm content to browse for myself only - but I am tagging articles "knit, knitting" in part because I tend to forget I've already looked at something.
If you're one of us obsessives who seek out patterns from any weird old newspaper, this is a real treasure trove.
I'm posting these as a sample of what I've found. They're not special in any way, really - just a sample of what you can find. These were published in the ladies' Sunday supplement. I guess it had gossip and crap like "Parade" magazine did (haven't read it in 35 years), but also nifty knitting patterns. "Parade" was never that awesome.
Meh, the print isn't quite as large on the pattern text as I'd like. I've saved the originals, which are large enough that even I can read them, so if you want them emailed to you just leave me a comment.
ETA: Of course, clicking on the images will bring up larger versions. Just not as large as I'd hoped.
I'll post more as I root around on the site.
2 comments:
I quite enjoyed 'Making Friends With The Lizards', thank you for sharing.
I have a friend who's a big herpetology nut; I actually intended to say something about the article, but of course completely forgot by the time I posted it.
I wonder if this would have been useful with "The Giant Gila Monster"...
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