Pickles by Brian Crane for January 14, 2024

…that’s some sweatshop speed right there.

Grammy has talent.

Can you maybe add some ear protection?

That was fast. At first it looked as though his hair was getting knitted.

Roscoe doesn’t believe what he just saw.

Opal, I am stunned! You gotta gift!

Unfortunately it is knitted to his brain!

The only problem lies in the fact that she knitted his hair into the hat.

Now hold out your feet for socks.

Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

Roscoe’s wondering what just happened!

When I was knitting, there were times I wished I could knit that fast. But now I can’t net or crochet because of arthritis in my fingers.

“Faster than a speeding bullet”!

Looks like Roscoe is amazed at the speed of Grammy’s needles.

Opal will soon feature as Marvels first WonderGramma…

Opal must have part bird-DNA. She has a sort of nest-building instinct.

Wow! Opal can 3-D print with those ol’ needles! (And send out telegrams)

Yeah, she’s good. Perhaps she could knit me some hair.

That’s mighty fast, Opal!

Roscoe going from tired to amazed in no time flat!

I don’t know about fast knitting, but a woman crocheted a beanie for a baby in the last hour of a flight from Cabo San Lucas to Newark recently. https://nypost.Com/2024/01/11/lifestyle/mom-traveling-with-baby-stunned-by-a-strangers-kindness/

One of my first full time jobs was as a knitting machine “fixer” at a company that made fabric for Buster Brown clothing

“Poof” She didn’t even say “Abracadabra!”

And look how the scarf on her kneedles grew between the first and the last frames! ><

My wife enjoys knitting. She makes hats and scarves and donates them to shelters.

Yeah. Like that’s gonna happen. My Mom was fast with knitting, crochet, and tatting needles but not that fast. Of course, in comics one can ignore reality for the dream.

Even Roscoe is amazed at how fast Grammy knitted that hat.

Roscoe’s expression says it all.

Captain Crochet!

You may be slow knitting, but I never had the interest. Kudos to you.

WOW……. like MAGIC

Opal, you are a knit wit! Take a bow. ;-p

Wow! That’s fast! I need to pick up my knitting again to keep my finger limber.

LOL! ….and before knew, he was wearing his new hat!

Just wait until he tries to take that toboggin off.

My Mom could knit like that while watching TV!

Roscoe is impressed too!

Two Bosnian gastarbeiters are talking, “I wonder what our wives do over there.”“Well, they either knit or do those things with neighbors.”The first took snatched his head, “Man, mine doesn’t know knitting!”

I could never get the two needles to work together, so I stuck to crochet. . .macrame. . .weaving. . .ya gotta try many things at least once. . .

I read a story yesterday about a woman who crocheted a hat for a baby (that she didn’t know before) while on a plane flight. Nice story.

Right…………….Nija knitter!

I don’t remember Nelson referring to her as “Grammy” before. I thought it was always “Grandma”. But my memory probably isn’t what it never was.

Her superpower! Love the slippers.

Just yesterday I saw a short video of a woman on a plane who quick-knitted a cap for a tiny baby sitting in mom’s lap next to her. The baby watched wide-eyed ;-)

Hats off to Grammy!

Don’t leave quite yet … I may have to cut a few of your hairs so you can take it off before summer.

computer is not her stuff but knitting…SHE IS A BOSS! hehe

Grammy has mad skillz…

I have knited and crocheted for 50+ years and my crocheting is faster than my knitting. However, that article I read said she learned to crochet during the pandemic. Even I, can’t do something like that without instructions to follow. I’m an instruction follower when it comes to my crafts.

Just noticed that GoComics doesn’t print the Sundays in full…as seen on the Pickles Facebook page https://www.facebook.Com/picklescomic/ you should yell at them Mr. Crane

I wonder how he’s going to get it off

hopefully he can actually take it off!

Fastest needles in the west.

I don’t know the year, but Superman was shown to be knitting.

I used to do counted cross stitch, but stopped due to arthritis- I couldn’t hold it for more than 5-10 minutes. Picked my knitting again, that went some better. Then I learned to tat… now I don’t sew, knit or X-stitch. Tatting is more fun and more portable. Mostly I’ve been doing book marks, going to branch out to more intricate things soon.

She’s a cartoon character, she can do anything, she just has to want to.