Posted on 3-Feb-2009

Download PSM3's Sackboy knitting pattern... HERE

... produced by the 'GTA of knitting', Alan Dart

By PSM3 Staff for PSM3 Magazine Subscribe now!

Hello, A few issues back, we promised to make our Sackboy knitting pattern - produced by world-acclaimed designer Alan Dart for our sister mag Simply Knitting - available online. And you can click through to download the hi-res PDF...

Click here.

The original designs - as seen in the mag - feature 'classic' Sackboy, plus a variety of hard-to-explain outfits including Sackboy dressed as a waiter. Or possibly Daniel Day Lewis from There will be Blood. That's what happens when you leave the dressing up to a knitting magazine. Our Sackboy would've looked mint in a mu-mu, fat guy hat and open toe sandals. But there's no accounting for taste.

A Sackboy with a hat. Like Benny from Crossroads. Or Pootle Flump. Anyone. <i>Anyone</i>?
A Sackboy with a hat. Like Benny from Crossroads. Or Pootle Flump. Anyone. Anyone?
The patterns were designed by leading toy knitting designer, Alan Dart, who's so acclaimed in wool-bending circles, that his designs help shift thousands of extra magazines. So he's their GTA. And definitely not, say, their Dark Sector. Check out alandart.co.uk. He does a particularly fetching bear pattern called 'Robin the Twitcher', which we're sure has a different meaning from when we were young.

Happy knitting. Or rather 'Happy persuading a loved one to get knitting'.

Cheers

PSM3

p.s. If you do knit up a Sackboy, send your pictures to psm3@futurenet.co.uk, or go to our facebook page.

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    lwill on 3 Feb '09 said:

    First! Which is worrying, seeing as this was written a fair while back.

    Also, it's been the first blog in ages :( and no podcast in sight :(.

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    Trahildian on 3 Feb '09 said:

    Is there anything more comical than the notion of hardcore gamers such as ourselves putting our pads down and getting the knitting kits out?

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    T12AV15 on 3 Feb '09 said:

    i know first blog in ages and a poor one at that! plus no podcast. i blame the departure of nathan!

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    lwill on 3 Feb '09 said:

    Is there anything more comical than the notion of hardcore gamers such as ourselves putting our pads down and getting the knitting kits out?

    There really isn't. This is after PSM3 commenting on how 'manly' they are after someone camplained about LBP, (ok, i know it was serious, but still.)

    Aaah brilliant.

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    BigBoss987 on 4 Feb '09 said:

    Brilliant! This will give my Gran something to do tomorrow.

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    The Kool Kid on 25 Feb '09 said:

    Gran knit sackboy!
    Granma knit sackboy!

    (The 'ma' diffreientates them)