Cuddly Clown

Jean Greenhowe stash - Cuddly Clown

There's a lot of clowns in the Greenhowe repertoire. This one is known as Cuddly Clown and was printed in 1982 by the Women's Weekly as part of a 'Knit for Charity' competition.

The original character that Jean submitted was in fact Sam the Scarecrow, who was rejected on the basis that he would not have world-wide appeal to the readers.

This Cuddly Clown found in Melbourne is missing an umbrella and shows some interesting deviations from the original. There's some variation with colour and facial expression. The choice of pink hair would suggest a more girly character, however the sharp, pointy features put this into the scary male clown category!

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