1983 Christmas Special - Part One

This two-part holiday special is brought to you by Women's Household Crochet's Christmas Special from 1983. I was paging through this and decided that it had to be shared. If you're looking for things to make the people who annoy you this will have a few options.

Before I dive into the 1983 weirdness, I want to show a few things in this magazine that I thought were cute and would make good gifts. There were the usual snowflakes and wreath ornaments and this three bell ornament that was lovely.

​These two sweaters also involved knitting but they're cute and are still wearable today.

This blouse is a little frilly in my opinion.

The gumball machine is interesting. I don't think it actually works but still cute. The purse is nice and is probably pretty quick to work up.

​Now we're getting a little weirder.  These call out Minnesota in the description and might have been good for ice skates or boots  that were a little too big. I think these might slip around and be more annoying that helpful.

​The title for this stocking says "Pretty Flowers in the Snow". I have to assume that there is a faint flower on that big dark patch. 

These pot holders must be purely decorative. They don't say how big they are but the first one is only 5 rounds of worsted weight yarn. For the third, we only have their word that it's Rudolph. Because they used black and white for the photos, we can't see if his nose is red.

Here is Red Riding Hood. It's not terrible, but something seems a little off. 

Next week I'll share the really unusual patterns!