# Wool fetish - When knitters go bad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588 "2008-09-14T19:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/21 "2008-09-17T19:50:55Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [The Fourth Knitter of the Apocalypse](http://4thknitter.blogspot.com/) > > It is my dirty little online hobby. Uh - is it bad that as a child I had at least two of the sweaters on the first page? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/22 "2008-09-17T20:48:50Z")
> [@the\_Lady](#): > > Uh - is it bad that as a child I had at least two of the sweaters on the first page? You may need electric shock therapy. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/23 "2008-09-19T08:13:59Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > Do you have any photos? I’d love to see one! Soitenly! > **[EXTERMIKNIT! Dalek knitting pattern](http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/extermaknit.html)** ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/24 "2008-09-19T14:08:13Z")
Thank you. That just made my day. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/25 "2008-09-19T15:35:28Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > Soitenly! > > [EXTERMIKNIT! Dalek knitting pattern](http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/extermaknit.html) Thank you! 😃 Those are great. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/26 "2008-09-19T16:54:49Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > :dubious: > Lends a whole new meaning to the phrase “wooly willy”, now, doesn’t it! Was there an _old_ meaning to that phrase? ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588/27 "2008-09-19T17:12:55Z")
In one of Risha’s links I saw [This](http://www.purseblog.com/fugly-bags/). It was a purse designed by Stella McCartney. At first I thought it was a funky kind of jock strap. (Well, there **are** worse things in this thread.) I didn’t knit a TARDIS or a Dalek (made my day too) but I did knit a Dr. Who scarf with the red, yellow and tan stripes. And Hal, some things will live on forever… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wool-fetish-when-knitters-go-bad/463588.md?page=1)