And furthermore, the girl in the photo doesn't look very happy to be there with it:
As if it's not bad enough they make her wear a sweater with the clown-troll character, she's also forced to hold a doll of the clown-troll character. (The loopy red yarn hair! The hideous poof-nose! The buck teeth!)
...You poor little thing. Come with us. We'll take you away from this place, somewhere where you'll never, ever have to pretend to like clown-troll cartoon characters-- ever again!
It is an imp called Pumuckl (descendant of the ancient klabautermann people which was the main character in a tv series and audio dramas when I was a child. He is invisible to all but to a carpenter he is living with and playing all sort of trick and always gets into trouble. I loved it and could the cassettes over and over again (Oh, indulging in sweet memories...) I agree, the doll is not actually that pretty, but I think I totally would have worn the sweater then.
ReplyDeleteAaah I remember this! My grandma had a lot russian knitting magazines, I actually remember this photo from one! Why the hell did I think that it was cute when I was 5??
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