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Grandma's Murder Clown

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HeyNannyNanny · 12/03/2019 16:10

More of a WWYD than AIBU...

My fantastic Grandmother knitted me this toy, around 10 years ago.
She was a very skilled knitter and it is extremely well made and clearly an enormous amount of time, love and skill went into making it.

My Grandmother has since passed away.

I loved her very very much and have several treasures that she made that I keep on display to remember her by.

"Chucky", sadly, lives in an airtight box in the loft, in case he decides to kill us in our sleep.

It seems offensive and a waste of such talent to keep him hidden away, but, frankly, he's terrifying.

I'd also feel bad giving him away, as he was made especially for me and customised to me etc and, like I say, Grandma dedicated a lot of time in him.

WWYD about the scary sentimental clown living in the attic?

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HebeMumsnet · 12/03/2019 17:00

Oh we had a similarly scary doll - also toddler sized - with a much closer resemblance to Chucky. We simply called it Chucky. DD, 2, misheard and thought its name was Jackie.

I was all for taking Jackie to the tip until DH pointed out that he'd several times seen it lying face down in the middle of the lawn and rushed out to give it CPR before realising with enormous relief that it wasn't one of the DCs, and that chucking it in the municipal tip might spark a murder hunt when they came to empty the containers.

We sent it to a charity shop in the end (under cover of darkness). I hope Jackie is living very happily now with someone who appreciates her. Hopefully far away from here.

So yes, my vote is to charity shop it (before it crawls down inside your cavity walls and one day bursts through into your bedroom and eats you).

But lovely knitting. Well done and RIP your Grandma.

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