Sockthulhu!
03 Dec 2007 16 Comments
in Allegory, Art, Books, Cthulhu, Humour, Literary, Plush, Squid, Weird, geek, horror, humor, knitting, mashups, meme
- his diet consists mostly of squirrels, chunky bars, and the souls of the damned
From Kadath in the Cold Waste (via Ecto) comes Sockthulhu! Loathesomely tattooed over his squamous hide with the polychromatic, crawling patterns of Nordic knitwear, Sockthulhu is invulnerable to the brutal winter conditions, utterly unafraid of Ithaqua the Windwalker, and completely machine-washable!
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Dec 03, 2007 @ 19:55:15
That makes me want to get all crafty. But as usual, I should be doing work now, and not thinking about the squid I could sew. (If I even had such squid-sewing skills.)
Once more, I am enjoying your use of tags. “Plush,” “horror,” and “Allegory” seem a particularly appealing (and infrequent) combination.
Dec 03, 2007 @ 20:23:35
I’m all about the ironic juxtaposition of tags… well, that and Cthulhu crafts.
Dec 03, 2007 @ 20:48:40
Pink buttons for eyes completes his malevolence.
Dec 03, 2007 @ 21:09:48
With the lurid slime green, it totally makes the look, don’t you think?
Dec 03, 2007 @ 21:48:14
It’s horrifying, certainly, but I can’t help the nagging suspicion that it might not be exactly what Lovecraft imagined…
Dec 03, 2007 @ 21:52:21
The perfect stocking stuffer gift! Stuffed full of souls, that is.
Dec 03, 2007 @ 22:08:20
Well put, strange.
Bobby: Few people know, but Lovecraft was an avid four-needle Fair Isle specialist. Robert Bloch still has some of the sweaters he gave him with the “Crawling Chaos” cable stitch!
Dec 03, 2007 @ 22:28:36
GAWD awful I say – UGLY!
Dec 03, 2007 @ 22:38:00
But cosy and practical! Careful, TT; don’t go near the beach for a few days if you know what’s good for you!
Dec 03, 2007 @ 23:10:04
That’s supposed to be horrifying? My mum sends me sweaters made from its skin!
Dec 03, 2007 @ 23:43:43
She wouldn’t do that: he’s not Catholic!
Dec 04, 2007 @ 02:22:05
Have you see this? Or the variety of other squiddily stuff that site?
Dec 04, 2007 @ 03:13:33
I have now. I know Squid.us…I thought they were dead, it had been so long since they updated! Thanks for that!
Dec 04, 2007 @ 21:54:50
Somewhere in Utah an ultra secret religious sect is forming.
Dec 05, 2007 @ 02:36:53
Not to mention Norway. Those Norwegians are inSANE!