Winter is coming, and this winter is shaping up to be colder than most after an awfully bitter election, so what we need now is something to make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Which is why these scans from the 1986 book of knitting patterns Wit Knits are more important now than they were 30 years ago, a bit of nostalgic nerdiness to transport us back to a simpler time.
Wouldn't it be nice to wear sweater dresses again? Perhaps with funky chunky belts and an 80s attitude that says "like, whatever, it's rad"? I'd like to wear one and call it a tunic...
And what ever happened to those sexy off-the-shoulder sweaters that showed the world you were sassy, tacky and classy in one snuggly package?
And weren't the spoiled rich easier to deal with when they were wearing dorky sweaters in serious salmons and super bland shades of gray? Yeah, they were, they really, really were...
See Winter Is Coming, So Please Enjoy This Insane 1980s Book Of Knitted Sweaters here
The man in the blue sweater with the Scottie dog is Richard Briers. He played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (AKA "Good Neighbors" in the USA), He also played the laird Hector in Monarch of the Glen. From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in: Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and As You Like It.
The happy looking chap in the red sweater with the yellow teddy bear is John Inman, best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985.