Robert the Tyre by Dianne Blackett

Robert the Tyre

Knitting
October 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
394 - 437 yards (360 - 400 m)
64/72
English

These socks are part of Scarefest 2024 and will be for sale at the end of November.

Robert the Tire is the main antagonist of the 2010 French comedy-horror film Rubber.

For unknown reasons, a tire named Robert springs to life in a Californian desert and begins rolling about the landscape, using his psychic powers to blow up the heads of anything or anyone he encounters.

Appearance
Robert the Tire is a black tire measuring at least in a foot and a half in diameter.

Powers and Abilities
Robert the Tire possesses the following powers and abilities:

Possession
Telekinesis
Reincarnation

Fate
After being cornered in an apartment building, Robert is destroyed with a shotgun. However, he almost immediately is reincarnated as a tricycle. The film ends with him leading a small army of sentient tires to Hollywood.

Trivia
In the film’s credits, Robert the Tire is credited as playing himself.

https://movie-monster.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_the_Tire

These socks start with the cuff, with the rib merging into the tyre tracks on the legs, which morph into simpler tyre tracks on the feet.

It is possible to tailor the leg length, the foot length and the toe length.