tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post5665685263396146382..comments2024-01-28T12:45:37.733-08:00Comments on Yarnhog: Crack (Me Up) Saturday--1980s Knitting EditionYarnhoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06625926254864861603noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-70434231575636078332007-08-15T15:35:00.000-07:002007-08-15T15:35:00.000-07:00Hahahaha. Your little fashion show here made me fe...Hahahaha. Your little fashion show here made me feel better about the disaster that is the TaTa tube. Maybe it and one of your mohair creations can hang out together and do a "best of the worst" themed blog post. Hehehe.Fancy Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560747703245912661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-59815363242180010382007-08-14T09:13:00.000-07:002007-08-14T09:13:00.000-07:00Ich war auch eine Austauschschulerin in die 1980's...Ich war auch eine Austauschschulerin in die 1980's! Wo waren Sie denn? Ich war in Suddeutschland...<BR/><BR/>I love that you learned to knit from your German host mother... I was also inspired (eventually) to learn to knit after witnessing the vitality of needlwork in German culture...<BR/><BR/>Tell the truth... did Nena's hit "99 Red Balloons" influence you to study German at all...?!<BR/><BR/>Molly Ringwald has nothing on you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-89469423597553346612007-08-14T04:00:00.000-07:002007-08-14T04:00:00.000-07:00That green sweater is priceless!That green sweater is priceless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-30031793967482260212007-08-13T08:50:00.000-07:002007-08-13T08:50:00.000-07:00I was a teenager in the 80s too and have several h...I was a teenager in the 80s too and have several handknit sweaters that I bought at thrift stores. In mohair too. I didn't knit back then. I still have one of them and wear it even though it is so ugly. But somehow, it's so wrong, it's right. It's the same with your 80s sweaters. I love them all, especially the cabled vest. Your expression in the first photo is very Lena Lovitch minus the long black braids. Johnny Rotten wore a mohair sweater on stage, so you are in very good company!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-65875436064806630792007-08-12T20:19:00.000-07:002007-08-12T20:19:00.000-07:00I was too busy partying through the 80s to knit. ...I was too busy partying through the 80s to knit. Thank you for showing those knits--I don't think they're tacky or bad looking. Styles have changed is all. As they always do. I can just imagine what knitters 20 years from now will say about us! "Monkey socks? Harry Potter knits? Ewww!" LOLSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516529307507668142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-40874784667345640692007-08-12T15:57:00.000-07:002007-08-12T15:57:00.000-07:00Excellent post! I too am jealous that you can stil...Excellent post! I too am jealous that you can still wear clothes from high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-18711120857395058612007-08-12T11:22:00.000-07:002007-08-12T11:22:00.000-07:00I am sure they will make great hand-me-downs when ...I am sure they will make great hand-me-downs when mohair sweaters become hip once more.<BR/><BR/>It is funny how we now knit to fit your waist, where as in the 80s everything was fit so that you and a friend could fit into one sweater....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705558268782509452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-59267791762131774822007-08-12T10:46:00.000-07:002007-08-12T10:46:00.000-07:00Hmmm, I was in collage in the 80's and I would hav...Hmmm, I was in collage in the 80's and I would have totally rocked the Caspah in those sweaters. Hey- they still look good!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811133173085232576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-26901048478320084512007-08-12T08:43:00.000-07:002007-08-12T08:43:00.000-07:00Cue the 'Flock of Seagulls'...WOW! Sadly Vogue Kni...Cue the 'Flock of Seagulls'...WOW! Sadly Vogue Knitting still seems to be trapped back in the 80s with these sweaters. Love your rad 'tude in the pics!;)The A.D.D. Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-13255715108310401422007-08-12T05:44:00.000-07:002007-08-12T05:44:00.000-07:00OK, I'm a total geek because I still like those sw...OK, I'm a total geek because I still like those sweaters! Especially the cable-y one!<BR/><BR/>Your husband's a crack-up!<BR/><BR/>Your high school clothes still fit?? *envy*5elementknitrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595545440993534260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-143394160062700862007-08-12T04:49:00.000-07:002007-08-12T04:49:00.000-07:00I suppose you should be pleased that they still fi...I suppose you should be pleased that they still fit. 2 decades later and 2 kids. <BR/>Very fancy knits. I was confused at first, I thought those were pictures of you in the 80's. Technically they look very well done for a new knitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-24316378301982466262007-08-11T22:27:00.000-07:002007-08-11T22:27:00.000-07:00I laughed and laughed when I read your post. I, t...I laughed and laughed when I read your post. I, too, have a closet full of knits that I made years ago and haven't had the heart to throw out. I don't wear them either. By the way, typical of a boy, Kenny thought that the roadkill sweater was "cool". I have informed him I WILL NOT be knitting it for him.Quail Hill Knitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09124002263514806105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-7529109687255289162007-08-11T20:01:00.001-07:002007-08-11T20:01:00.001-07:00The fashion show was really quite nice, but the pi...The fashion show was really quite nice, but the picture of Ross looks like the devil flipping everyone off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-42339941384745047672007-08-11T16:40:00.000-07:002007-08-11T16:40:00.000-07:00May God save us all from the 80's. Uggh.May God save us all from the 80's. Uggh.MelissaKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181100868057912442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443300355315157565.post-21043636263653853292007-08-11T15:38:00.000-07:002007-08-11T15:38:00.000-07:00If there should happen to be an end of the year "b...If there should happen to be an end of the year "best of" Crack (me up) Saturday post, you've got it in the bag!<BR/><BR/>It takes great humility to share such works- I feel better already. Yes I bought fun fur but a sweater never occurred to me at the time. I guess maybe I'm glad I was 35ish when I started knitting!<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking though, you were really stylin' then. I would have gladly worn any of them in "the day" 9well except maybe that fun fur one)sophannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571217197138831872noreply@blogger.com