Winter is Coming, so please enjoy this Insane 1980s Book of Knitted Sweaters

There are treasures to be found at second hand book sales, you never know what out-of-print gems you might unearth. Take for example, this 1986 book of knitting patterns called “Wit Knits”…

The contents of the book has been scanned and given its own Tumblr site by George Hostler who “found this knitting pattern book in a second hand book sale – felt the need to share them with the world.”

If you’re English or have ever watched Absolutely Fabulous, you might recognise one or two of the models…

Yep, that’s Joanna Lumley. In fact all of the sweaters are rather bizarrely modelled by various British actors including Anne Diamond, Richard Briers and Bonnie Langford (if you’re not English, never mind who). Surely it was at least partly as a joke? I couldn’t find much of an explanation for why this book was made, but it does come complete with all the knitting patterns and you can buy a second-hand copy on Amazon for as little as £0.01. And it’ll arrive just in time for you to knit each family member their own ridiculous sweater for Christmas!

Aren’t they starting to grow on you? Since I’ll never actually take up knitting myself, I did a little vintage window shopping online. I think I found a few winners…