temporary insanity

So, a couple of weeks ago, there was a thread on Ravelry about this totally tacky Terror Fish intarsia sweater and how some people found it to be hysterically funny and they wanted to knit one, or their SO wanted them to knit one. While I was reading that thread, Scott brought me a cup of coffee and I said, "Oh, ha ha ha, look at this awful sweater. Isn't it amazing that somebody would WANT that? And they'd find a knitter to spend umpty bajillion hours knitting it for them?! ha ha ha...Wait a minute, honey. No, don't get that gleam in your eye. The point here is that it's AWFUL! You know, ha ha ha? Ha?! OMG, I know you like embarrassing clothing and I know you like fish, but no, really, that's just going too far. "

And then I stepped out of the office and when I came back, the fisherman had ordered the pattern in hopes that I could knit it for him. BEFORE OPENING DAY OF TROUT SEASON IN FOUR WEEKS!

And because I am usually up for a challenge, have never done even a tiny intarsia project, and have such copious spare time (snort!), this is where I am today...

Now, since then we have been curious to find out a little more about our friend, the Terror Fish. It ends up that this is from a 1960s cartoon called Stingray, something of an underwater good guys and bad guys battle. The Terror Fish is the submarine of the bad guys. For your Terror Fish edumication, I present the Stingray intro, in which you can see Terror Fish at 0:55.




Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm knitting on a deadline...