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This is so totally me

Category: Weirdness
Posted on: May 7, 2009 10:59 AM, by PZ Myers

I want this.

It's perfect for those Minnesota winters. I'd wear it every day. Heck, I'd even wear it every night.

Unfortunately, it looks like a one-off original creation. I guess I'm out of luck.

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Posted by: novoccaine | May 7, 2009 11:07 AM

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

Posted by: Barklikeadog | May 7, 2009 11:08 AM

Totally! It's you!

Posted by: Randy | May 7, 2009 11:11 AM

Holy Dr. Zoidberg Batman!!!

Yeah... I would wear that too. I wonder if it comes in any other colors?

Posted by: daveau | May 7, 2009 11:13 AM

I'm just picturing bank robbers wearing those.

Posted by: Lily | May 7, 2009 11:14 AM

it's glorious! i have a friend who likes to knit, i should try to convince her to make me one. i think mine would have to be purple, though.

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | May 7, 2009 11:15 AM

Looks like a Jamie Hyneman impression.

Posted by: KemaTheAtheist | May 7, 2009 11:15 AM

You just gotta learn how to knit, PZ. Make one for yourself!

Posted by: Michelle R | May 7, 2009 11:16 AM

Typical! Too lazy to make himself one so he whines about ones of a kind!

Get some wares and knit it! Come on, where's your spirit? :P

Posted by: Lilith | May 7, 2009 11:16 AM

I wonder if it glows in the dark.

It so should.

#10

Posted by: Glen Davidson | May 7, 2009 11:16 AM

Wow, beard=tentacles. I hadn't noticed that before.

One off or not, well, I'd think it a must.

Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592

#11

Posted by: James | May 7, 2009 11:18 AM

Do want! I'm in Canada, I not only desire the Cthulu mask but it may be a matter of life and freezing to death.

Anybody buy that? Great white north?

GIMME!

#12

Posted by: Ronaldo | May 7, 2009 11:18 AM

You know what this reminds me of ... have you never seen the "Ood"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44541000/jpg/_44541679_ood300.jpg

And even better ... you can BUY a full mask!
http://shop.mfxwarehouse.co.uk/authentics/prop-replicas/authentics/ood-head.htm

Now THAT is scary. And cool as.

#13

Posted by: Carlie | May 7, 2009 11:43 AM

Looks like Davey Jones. The one damned by betraying Calypso, not the one who sang Sleepy Jean.

#14

Posted by: Reera the Red | May 7, 2009 11:45 AM

From his later blog entries, it sounds like the wearer and his girlfriend (who made the mask) are being inundated with requests for the pattern and/or a line of masks for sale. It may be a one-off now, but odds are it won't stay that way, so you may be able to get one before next winter.

#15

Posted by: EndUnknown | May 7, 2009 11:46 AM

im sure a pharyngulite would be willing to knit you one.

#16

Posted by: mprime | May 7, 2009 11:46 AM

Okay, only thing that could drag me from my committed lurkerhood. That is crocheted not knitted. C'mon, learn the difference. ;-)

Otherwise, I would wear that too.

#17

Posted by: Rob in Memphis | May 7, 2009 11:50 AM

My first good laugh of the day--that thing is all kinds of awesome.

#18

Posted by: Laura | May 7, 2009 11:54 AM

I think I can make one. I just need what colors and materials you would prefer, and the size of your head.

#19

Posted by: Armaita | May 7, 2009 11:56 AM

That one's crochet, but there's a pattern for a knitted one here: http://thingsandideas.wordpress.com/patterns/

#20

Posted by: speedwell | May 7, 2009 11:59 AM

Seconding the crochet, and I crochet, and that doesn't look terribly difficult... a little tricky as to the eyebrows, but not hopeless. Laura sounds like she knows what she's doing. :)

#21

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 12:01 PM

It looks like it may be based on military helmet liners. This one is crocheted -- from what sort of yarn I am afraid to guess. I've seen that violent green only in Red Heart which has a rather harsh feel.

It would not be hard to adapt a knitted helmet liner pattern. The stuff known as I-cord would make good tentacles and arms. There may even be a way to add the fins.

Time to find yarn and needles...

#22

Posted by: speedwell | May 7, 2009 12:10 PM

Zimmerman's "idiot-cord" is good for ropes and trims, but the technique where you dc3 into each st of a ch to make a long, floppy, twisty tentacle would be so much better, don't you think?

#23

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 12:16 PM

Speedwell you are right. I usually do not mix knit with crochet so that tentacle idea didn't occur to me. It would allow them to more much more freely.

I am imagining this in a glowing green hand spun blend of silk and merino. A heathered yarn might better capture the nature of the critter.

#24

Posted by: Paul Lundgren | May 7, 2009 12:21 PM

You must have a very indulgent wife.

#25

Posted by: PZ Myers | May 7, 2009 12:31 PM

That looks like a lot of work, and for the same reason I couldn't do it myself, I wouldn't ask someone else to do it for me. I'm content to admire and pine.

#26

Posted by: cicely | May 7, 2009 12:42 PM

Want!!!

#27

Posted by: Knitstergirl | May 7, 2009 12:47 PM

I've had my eye on this squid hat:
http://web.archive.org/web/20051230020417/www.strangebuttrewe.com/squidhat.htm
Perhaps there'll be one in PZ's mailbox for Darwin's next birthday....*starts going through her yarn stash*

#28

Posted by: Greg F. | May 7, 2009 12:50 PM

You know PZ, I know someone with the skills to make that Cthulhu mask in to time at all. In fact, this person does all kinds of creative knitting for the sheer hell of it...

Are you sure you just want to admire it from afar?

#29

Posted by: Greg F. | May 7, 2009 12:53 PM

You know PZ, I know someone with the skills to make that Cthulhu mask in no time at all. In fact, this person does all kinds of creative knitting for the sheer hell of it...

Are you sure you just want to admire it from afar?

#30

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 12:55 PM

Actually, PZ, it s not that much work if you're using store-bough yarn (as opposed to hand spun). And spinning yarn is almost as good as drugs for an addicted spinner.

Starting from yarn and assuming no huge errors requiring massive frogging I think 8 - 10 hours would be enough to knit one of these.

Then there's the definition of work. Many knitters do not consider knitting to be work at all.

#31

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 12:55 PM

That is

crochet

*snort*

#32

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 1:09 PM

Yes, Patricia, the one shown is crocheted. Knitting and crochet are quite different in construction and have different uses. For clothing most people prefer the added "give" of knitting.

#33

Posted by: Seattelite | May 7, 2009 1:16 PM

CephaloMOD style.

#34

Posted by: Janine, OMnivore | May 7, 2009 1:25 PM

Posted by: Carlie | May 7, 2009
Looks like Davey Jones. The one damned by betraying Calypso, not the one who sang Sleepy Jean.

That would be Daydream Believer. How completely sad of me, insisting on using the correct title of Monkees songs. Carlie, you have every right to tease me.

#35

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 1:48 PM

Anneliese - That was my attempt to convey the sneering condescension of a tatter/knitter towards crochet. (Didn't work though.Dang!)Which is considered a sport at my local yarn shop.

I'm making a pair of socks & a shrug this week, so I know a little about knitting. The pattern link above to the knitted Cthulhuclava looks beyond my skills to make.

#36

Posted by: JBlilie | May 7, 2009 1:57 PM

Hey Seattlite:

I just looked at your noobie blog; but I can't comment there (re: cheese):

Go to Pacific Food Importers south of Chinatown. Yum, yum.

I don't know where you're from; but Seattle is one of the best places to eat in the US (and I have traveled the US and the world extensively.) You can hardly swing a cat in SEA without hitting a good, small restaurant.

If Tillamook is a revelation to you, you are just beginning your cheesy journey. Ones that must be tried: Delice de Bourgogne, Morbier, Societe Roqueforte, Manchego (I prefer medio), a wonderful soft sheep cheese just named "Pico" -- ask for it, Petit Basque ... I could go on and on. And on and on.

I wouldn't want to live in a world without the cheeses from France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and now: world class cheese being made in MN, WI, IA, WA, OR, CA, NY, which, along with the good beer and wine being made in this country (not to mention the 2006 and 2008 elections!) gives me hope for our future.

I miss Seattle ... (the smell of the sea with a view of glaciers -- and good food and drink) Some of the best hiking and climbing in the US, WW rivers, tidal rapids, seafood!, skiing, hippies, rain to keep the riff raff away ...

#37

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 2:00 PM

More attitude:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcUjYpjKZs

#38

Posted by: NewEnglandBob | May 7, 2009 2:03 PM

Oh Please!

Lime green is so last year's color.

#39

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 2:05 PM

Patricia, I am thick as two planks today! I've seen the sneering at crocheters -- and I try to laugh at it. I've been known to haul some really intricate Irish crochet out of my knitting bag when a crocheter gets dissed. (I've been working on that one since somewhere between hydrogen and dirt.)

What sort of shrug are you knitting?

The Cthulhuclava looks do-able but I'm not sure it's quite what I'd want to do.

(tongue in cheek) Do you think you might be able to *tat* one? (/ tongue in cheek) I'm in awe of tatting -- tried it, and it drove me batsh*t crazy.

#40

Posted by: Die Anyway | May 7, 2009 2:14 PM

Damn that's ugly. Y'all Yankees up in the great-white-north are welcome to it. Down here in Paradise it's never cold enough to even want something so stiffling much less so uuuggglleeee.

#41

Posted by: tatiana | May 7, 2009 2:25 PM

Ravelry's got a free pattern up at:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-beard-hat

Easy enough to adjust the face and brow any way you'd like...

I made the Bokaclava I found for my son but changed up things a bit so he could eat with it on if he'd like.

#42

Posted by: Knockgoats | May 7, 2009 2:27 PM

Why has that cephalopod got a man stuck up its bum?

#43

Posted by: Craig | May 7, 2009 2:39 PM

I think this is the mask you REALLY want.
http://bob-basset.livejournal.com/62768.html

#44

Posted by: daniel m | May 7, 2009 3:09 PM

oh my word, that is spectactular!

crikey it's a cthulhu! get in the fhtagn!

#45

Posted by: AmyD | May 7, 2009 3:14 PM

Patricia and Anneliese-
I do both and I think there is good reason to make this in crochet. Knit wear does feel softer and have more give, but crochet works better for sculptural work. It has more ability to stay in shape (stiffness) and it is easier to make corners and change directions, add and subtract stitches, 3-D stuff.
Now tat one, hmmmm...
(btw hi Anneleise! I'm the same Amy from Sac L-5)
Amy

#46

Posted by: Stefan | May 7, 2009 3:50 PM

Pirates of the Caribbean anyone? Looks a wee bit like Davy Jones ...

#47

Posted by: Mike | May 7, 2009 3:52 PM

I'd only get worried if you were to ask your Trophy Wife to wear it at night.

#48

Posted by: Sili | May 7, 2009 4:13 PM

If you where that in bed the Trophy Wife^{TM is patienter than humanly reasonable.}

But it's a good colour for not getting run over in Winter (I take it that in Minnesota Winter consitutes all days other than August 7, 11-13.30).

Anyway: SUPERIOR.

#49

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 4:25 PM

Sorry, I got distracted...I'm having the weirdest day. Ray from over at Knitterman, my favorite yarn dyer guy, found me a pattern for Indian Cross stitch and I've been driving myself half insane trying to make it. Then I heard this odd sound, and I'll be damned if it wasn't my husband trying to put out a fire in his beard! That'll teach him to smoke. (Yes, he's fine.)

The shrug is #286 at www.knittingpureandsimple.com

Tatting is OK, if you don't mind spending years to make one tablecloth. I tatted a sea horse once, it was kind of fun.

#50

Posted by: Rosemary | May 7, 2009 4:52 PM

Check out the knitted Cthulhuclava at things and ideas (pattern available through Ravelry, £3.00.

#51

Posted by: SASnSA | May 7, 2009 5:07 PM

Ronaldo,

Sorry, that ood head isn't meant to be used as a mask (as noted on the left side of the page: This is a display replica and is not designed to be worn).

and at £400 - £500 each, I won't be rushing to buy one.

And back to the knit Cthulhu stalking cap, anyone else notice the odd number of tentacles on it?

#52

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 5:12 PM

Hi AmyD!

I think there might be room for a person to have 2 of these things. You are right that crochet is better for sculptural stuff but would you want to wear that every day? The crocheted one looks way cool for Halloween parties. With careful yarn and gauge selection you could have a very wearable knitted version for when warmth and softness are more needed.

Hi Patricia! I really like that little shrug. Are you using the yarn they recommend?

#53

Posted by: AmyD | May 7, 2009 5:28 PM

Every day?!! Where I live you would only wear a ski mask to rob a bank.

#54

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 5:58 PM

I'm using Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed, color 292105 some dark purplish stuff. I've never used her brand before...it feels like tree bark. *snort* Maybe it's supposed to feel that way? It's from Kilcar, Ireland.

#55

Posted by: Anneliese | May 7, 2009 6:31 PM

AmyD I understand your winters and I agree; I'd melt in a ski mask. But PZ is in Minnesota where winters are ;-) just a little colder than in Northern California.

Patricia I've never been a fan of the Debbie Bliss yarns; if they have any kind of soft hand they pill horribly in my experience. The harsh ones do seem to wear well.

Patons Classic Merino is what I've been using for helmet liners for our deployed troops. So far no complaints about it being too scratchy. I've also used Brown Sheep's Nature Spun worsted and Cascade 200 and had no complaints. (Yes, they will complain if their liners are not warm enough or are irritating.)

Would adding beads to the yarn make this thing more Cthulhu-like?

#56

Posted by: Patricia, OM | May 7, 2009 7:42 PM

I've finally gotten that dang stitch figured out. Sheesh! My local yarn shop owner is making the bolero from the cover of Vogue knitting spring/summer. I've never seen such a beautiful piece of knitting. *drool* It probably wouldn't look good on PZ.

By now somebody has that hat half finished.

#57

Posted by: MadScientist | May 7, 2009 9:34 PM

Doesn't the Trophy Wife knit or crochet?

#58

Posted by: eddie | May 8, 2009 3:14 AM

Can't we have another valentines day in May? If so I'd get you all this.

Also, Lick the pig! You know you want to.

#59

Posted by: Megan | May 8, 2009 9:25 AM

If you know any knitters (and haven't pissed them all off - haha) there's Chuluclava

http://thingsandideas.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/squamous-and-eldritch/

#60

Posted by: Misti | May 8, 2009 4:15 PM

I don't shave my butthairs.

#61

Posted by: Paul A. | May 8, 2009 4:21 PM

I think it looks like the Martians from HG Wells book War of the Worlds. It should be holding a heat ray staff and vaporizing everyone in the room.

#62

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | May 8, 2009 6:33 PM

PZ, you ever develop sleep apnea you may be required to wear something like it in order to sleep at night

#63

Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM | May 8, 2009 10:46 PM

Misti #60

I don't shave my butthairs.

Pardon me, madam, but you must have mistaken me for someone who gives a damn.

#64

Posted by: Mr.Retail | May 9, 2009 1:11 AM

oh dis is funny!!! looks like a villain that would have been cast in a power rangers episode!!!

#65

Posted by: Marco | May 9, 2009 2:50 AM

That is one phat hat!

#66

Posted by: sam | May 9, 2009 11:16 AM

omg!! i want one!!! were can i get???

#67

Posted by: Vishal | May 9, 2009 1:33 PM

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Headcrab!

Very Cool

#68

Posted by: Jenna | May 9, 2009 5:04 PM

Ladies and gentlemen of the peanut gallery, that is NOT a knitted creation. It is crocheted. I bet I can make one, too. Crocheting is more versatile and easier than knitting and we can make all sorts of weird doo-hickeys and thing-a-ma-bobs.

#69

Posted by: eddie | May 9, 2009 7:44 PM

Misti.

Butthairs or GTFO!

#70

Posted by: Pam | May 9, 2009 8:58 PM

Interesting! Reminds me of that character from one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!

#71

Posted by: Sarah Cage | May 10, 2009 3:57 AM

I designed something a bit more wearable - for a skiing hat for my son. Called it a dreadlock hat - successful enough that I got another commission - but took a good 10 hours knitting, 3 balls of (various) yarns and fleece for the liner to make it windproof.

#72

Posted by: Cam | May 10, 2009 6:24 PM

I
Need
That

Is it one of a kind? Or can I buy it from somewhere?