That's A Great Sweater

Mom’s old sweater 

Evil Clown Sweater 2 - the Re-sweatering

I finally finished (and delivered) my version of the infamous Evil Clown Sweater. That’s wilwheaton SUPER THRILLED to be wearing it again, at Rose City Comic Con this past weekend. I had a chance to hand deliver it to him, and I took it, because he’s super awesome in person, and so gracious. It was an absolute dream come true.

(That’s Wil saying ‘SHUT UP FOREVER THIS IS AMAZING’ :D)

I’ve been working on this project for months now…which is a little ridiculous, but remaking something from grainy internet photos is kinda harder than it looks.

In the end, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Turns out the sleeves are way long, but I had to guess at proper length since I wasn’t working from measurements. And, meh, the original is ill-fitting too, so what the heck. I took some creative liberties that I think make it my own, rather than just a straight copy of the original (notably the red clown-hair on the arms, I thought the loop stitch looked neat).

When I first got the idea to make this, I ignored it for two full years. I wasn’t good enough to make this, nor was I qualified to tackle this. That’s the stupid anxiety talking, of course. I’m glad I stuck with it, though. It was truly meant to just give something back to Wil, and put a smile on his face. He’s like an internet big-brother, and I owe him a lot.