I Like Thing

I grew up fairly obsessed with Usborne’s World of the Unknown series: UFOs, Ghosts and Monsters. Image the frenzy that awoke inside me a few years ago when I learned that there was a second series of three books, from the same period, with the same style and art direction called Supernatural Guides. Worse, imagine my frustration when I found that they command frankly ridiculous prices second hand. Three kid books at 50 bucks a pop? Nah. Even this, the all-in-one digest remained well over a hundred bucks for longer than I liked. Eventually I got it off Etsy for like 60, which, fine, OK, more than I wanted, but still a good buy.

Anyway, three constituent books: Vampires, Werewolves and Demons, then Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres and finally Mysterious Powers & Strange Forces, all originally published in 1979. Nice of Usborne to arrange them in order of my interest. This collected edition, The Usborne Guide to the Supernatural World, came out in 1990. Really love the world continents etched into the skull (someone used the skull for some knock-off toy packaging and the map aspect is a dead giveaway).

Vampires is my fave, naturally, though mostly for the demon section. Ghosts is solid and surprisingly doesn’t have much overlap with the World of the Unknown book. Powers is a potpourri of paranormal topics, including ESP, UFOs, Uri Gellar and so on. It’s fine, but I don’t have more than a passing interest in most of it.

HE’S GAY AND FRIENDLY!

he's gay and friendly!

(yarn info, pattern thoughts, and extra pics under the cut)

here is my gay and friendly elephant pattern document! I've included a transcription of the original pattern, a translation of the pattern into modern knitting pattern verbiage, and notes on how I made my patchwork elephant because he's just so cute and I think everyone needs one.

if you find any problems with the pattern or have any questions, my ask box is open! and feel free to tag me in your elephantine creations! i want to see the world full of friendly gay elephants :)

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