Famous knitters through time....
May. 2nd, 2003 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
msfledermausCharlemagne. Knitted his own kingly jumper. No one dared to laugh.
Caligula. I won't tell you what he knitted with...eew.
Nero. Picked it up from his Uncle Caligula, he was actually knitting a new toga while Rome burned. He was annoyed when his favorite knitting shop burned too.
Ghengis Khan. His therapist mentioned it was good for between-battle stress. His men were constantly on the lookout for cashmere goats while they pillaged.
Vlad the Impaler. (those needles just kept getting bigger and bigger and, well...obsession is never a pretty thing.)
King Kamehameha the Second of Hawaii...He picked it up after wiping out a knee surfing. Most complicated leis in the Islands.
Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was the envy of the courts of Europe, with her flashy lace-knit chainmail tunics.
Modern Knitters to watch out for:
Gromit
Hindrance and Perfida, the Siamese twins
Dame Darcy, of course!
Julie Roberts...*shrugs*
Kyle McLaughlin, though he'll admit it to no one.
Alice Cooper, ditto
And, well, heh, me....
Caligula. I won't tell you what he knitted with...eew.
Nero. Picked it up from his Uncle Caligula, he was actually knitting a new toga while Rome burned. He was annoyed when his favorite knitting shop burned too.
Ghengis Khan. His therapist mentioned it was good for between-battle stress. His men were constantly on the lookout for cashmere goats while they pillaged.
Vlad the Impaler. (those needles just kept getting bigger and bigger and, well...obsession is never a pretty thing.)
King Kamehameha the Second of Hawaii...He picked it up after wiping out a knee surfing. Most complicated leis in the Islands.
Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was the envy of the courts of Europe, with her flashy lace-knit chainmail tunics.
Modern Knitters to watch out for:
Gromit
Hindrance and Perfida, the Siamese twins
Dame Darcy, of course!
Julie Roberts...*shrugs*
Kyle McLaughlin, though he'll admit it to no one.
Alice Cooper, ditto
And, well, heh, me....
