Thursday, October 25, 2007

Gruesome Knitted Eyeballs for Halloween



At our house we like to offer these on a plate. I offer you a free pattern!

For a shiny new PDF version of the pattern please visit me at:

MaryJaneMucklestone.com and click on "Free Stuff"!






If you would like a visual aid, please visit my Knitted Olive Tutorial. It is made much the same way.





As it turns out there are quite a few knitted eyeballs rolling around the planet:
insubordiknit has beautiful multiple felted ones nestled in a mass of bloody guts, softly felted bloody guts.
kitkatknit has a beautiful shot of knit-art "sushi with eyeballs" scrumtious!
domiknitrix has a great all-purpose Large (22") eyeball with a downlaodable pattern.
Knitzelmade a nice one for a Doctor's office, with correctly placed muscles!
Shari suggested filling them with catnip, for catnip eyeballs! Brilliant!
BlondeAmbitionKnits has a nice veiny one.
Please comment if you eyeball any more!

28 comments:

Anina said...

I want some! Does that justify going out and buying more yarn?

Aim said...

ha ha haaaaaa! Those are funny :0)

Unknown said...

oh you're a clever little kitty cat!
xoxo


ps what should i be for halloween i have no idea!

kat coyle said...

too fun! thanks for sharing the pattern

a friend to knit with said...

thank you!
these are so great.

Anonymous said...

oh my gosh, these are soooo cool! What a great surprise! They made me laugh and laugh just thinking about your trick or treaters seeing them for the first time on the plate when they come to your door! I wonder if mine will be as pretty as yours?! They are way too awesome, thanks so much for sharing and making me laugh!

Anonymous said...

What a great idea for a rainy day like today!!

ps- Sophia S , I have always been fond of the 'pregnant nun' Halloween costume.. BEWARE, I ended up pregnant shortly after wearing the costume!

Kerry said...

These are amazing.

I'm going to ask my mom to make me a little bowlfull!

Thanks so much for sharing the pattern!

Beata said...

Now that, I think, is not something our mother's would knit! Too cool!

mary jane said...

Thanks for all the nice comments! I strung a few eyeballs on a quick knitted headband, for a Knitted Eyeball Tiara. Spooktacular for the un-costumey costume!

Kristin Nicholas said...

These are just so fun. I, of course, would add a few bloodshot veins with embroidery. Happy Halloween!

kelly said...

Great pattern! Thanks for posting it -- the possibilities are endless!

I love Kristin's suggestion of adding embroidered bloodshot veins. Extra gross! :)

Anonymous said...

fantastic! thanks for posting the pattern.

Ravelry Codename: Knitzel said...

Oh man! Those are great, and make me feel less weird (http://knitzel.blogspot.com/2007/06/eyes-on-prize.html) A friend emailed me a link to your blog, and now I see there are plenty of eyeball knittin' sisters out there. Nice job!

gardienne said...

Very Cute!! I came from the Crafzine.com blog and my first thought was add a little catnip and eyeball cat toys!! :)

Ansley Bleu said...

Awesome! Thank you.

santos. said...

these are teh awesome! you are so very cool. i would love to make a hat covered in these.

tssrwm said...

Thank you so much for sharing this pattern! I am an optometrist and cannot wait to make some of these!

Stash Bustin' said...

Posting these on stash bustin'


Thanks for sharing.

RE said...

I swear I want to fill mason jars with these for Christmas and tie a gingham bow on them. So very Wednesday Addams!

Anonymous said...

I love this pattern. I have been knitting eyeballs for days now. I did find some errors in the instructions however.

I believe Rnd 4 should be: inc 1, K1, inc1 on each needle. This makes 15 stitches around.

Rnd 7 ends with 21 stitches, not 27

Rnd 11 should be K1, K2tog, K4 on each needle.

Please let me know if I am wrong and I am the one reading your pattern wrong.

thanks so much. Everyone is loving the eyeballs I'm knitting.

mary jane said...

thanks jammy dodger, I guess I better knit me an eyeball when I get home. I thought I'd been a good tech editor, but perhaps not!

Kamilla said...

I love it!

Unknown said...

I just bought Glow in the dark yarn (Bernat) and I can't wait to make these with that yarn! perfect for Halloween.

Anonymous said...

I made these with glow in the dark yarn and everyone loved them! Super fun without the cavities. I love the Airstream as well.

crystal said...

Thanks! This was a great boredom buster tonight while I sit watching the snow. I'm Savagerabbit on Ravelry.

Mara said...

Hello!
Made a pair 2 weeks ago for my friend's cats. I added an i-cord as optic nerves, and they've been a huge success.
I just adore this pattern. :)

pjamarama said...

this is a great pattern, I'm going to surprise my little sister with these for her annual halloween party this year. Starting now so I have plenty of time yay! Thanks again! :)