July 18, 2003
Kooky Krafts, Kontinued...
Continuing the Kooky Krafts theme, from my new blogging amie Anne of Creating Text(iles) comes a link to a site that shows you how to make a Jesus figure using a toilet paper roll. There are So Many Things Wrong With This, not the least of which is the fact that you start with a cruelly dismembered Jesus, head here, arms there, and then you glue all of His poor scattered body parts to a toilet paper roll, which used to hold toilet paper, which used to be on a toilet paper holder, which used to be in bathroom, which is where you go when you… Egad. http://www.dltk-kids.com/bible/mjesus.html
And, here, thanks again to my sister, the Kooky Krafts Kween, an apron made out of fast food wrappers. And, on this same site, I came across this which I just cannot buh-lieve.
Knitting Knews
Last night I indulged in my favorite escapist event of the month, Knitting Guild, and we had what apparently is an annual event, a picnic at one of our local parks. You know, you try so hard to look cool, just casually knitting away like all the other knitters, but it's hard to do when you've positioned your chair on an uneven spot on the ground and you, your chair, your yarn, your needles, your pattern and your project keep falling over. Eventually I wised up and moved the chair to a flatter spot but not before making two or three spectacular displays of flailing arms and legs. Oh, sure, I’m cool, all right.
Even the squirrels weren’t impressed with me. I tried to foil one squirrel’s raid on our potluck cornucopia but, instead, found myself engaged in an unending game of maypole around one of the beams of the shelter. Sly Señor Squirrel positioned himself on the other side of the beam from me so I couldn’t “see” him and we just went around and around in circles, his tiny squirrel claws scrambling madly to keep him on the opposite side of the beam. I could just feel him thinking, “Good luck, Toots. I can keep this up aaaaaaaaaaallll day.” Eventually I went back to my knitting, he continued on to the food. By way of revenge, later on I piled my plate extra high. No, really, it was for revenge.
Some lovely ladies helped me with The Mysterious Goober at the top of the Egg Yolk Sweater. They started by holding up the sweater, holding up the pattern and pointing out that what I had done and what the pattern showed weren’t even faintly similar. Just what my ego needed after having done two or three faceplants out of my chair and having been bested by a squirrel. But they reassured me by saying, “Maybe it’s the pattern.” Yeah, uh-huh, the pattern. Suuuuuuuuure. On the positive side, they got me all excited about the project again so I should make some good progress this weekend.
Dyeing Dyegest
Next project – dyeing with purple plum leaves. How gorgeous do these look?
Okay, the "tampon cozies" is the most bizarre concept I have ever heard. It is weird, just flat-out weird. My main thought is...why? Why make them? Why use them? Why, for god's sake, put it on the internet, with your name of all thngs? Why? Good grief Charlie Brown! Did you dye anything with the plum leaves? They are lovely.
Posted by: Lisa on July 18, 2003 10:54 AMYou know, I never INTENDED to include pictures of things like the "basket o' boobs" or "tampon cozies" in my web site but, hey, they're out there, they're freakishly weird, they're knitted, they need to be acknowledged! Besides, truthfully, when I read the artists' descriptions of why they made the basket o' boobs or the tampon cozies, they really do make sense and the artists have picked a creative, unique way to express their visions.
As for dyeing with the plum leaves, I'll be posting pictures of the dyed yarn on Monday. You will be surprised!!!
Posted by: Ryan on July 18, 2003 11:05 AM