...and that's why the good lord made mirrors.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 5:38PM 
Said no one in this family.
Oh, a belted, buttoned vest to wear over my shirt and tie? It's perfect for a wee jaunt in the garden, love!
I would be morose too.
People. This is commercially made.
Indeed.
Halloween is coming. Knit this sweater in lieu of an elaborately constructed haunted house. It's far scarier.
The holy grail has been located, girls. A sweater that adds 40 pounds.
You heard it here first!
You're welcome.
No one. Any age. Ever.
When you consider how many steps were taken before this hat was knit, it makes you want to leap off the nearest building.
1. Conceptualize Cookie Monster at a New Year's Eve party yarn.
2. Locate Chinese factory to make it for you.
3. Run thousands of pounds of said Cookie Monster at a New Year's Eve Party yarn.
4. Put it on a boat and sail it across the ocean.
5. Yarn store managers order it, pay for it, and make room for it on their shelves.
6. Knitter sees yarn and purchases it.
Let's stop at number six for a moment.
Knitter sees yarn and purchases it.
Let that sink in.
It happened.
7. Knitter thinks to themselves, "I shall make myself the hat of all hats! It shall look thusly!"
8. Knitter swatches and tests said yarn into the hat of all hats.
9. Knitter writes pattern for hat and pattern is edited.
You know what? I can't even go on. At least 100 people could have stopped this from happening and didn't.
Where am I, and where is this handbasket going?
I guess that answers that question.
Reader Comments (13)
These pictures are so funny... I can not believe that vest. I showed my husband and we were both laughing so hard.
Thanks for the smile :)
What has been seen can not be unseen! argh!
Can't.stop.laughing.
I wanna get Dad some knitted shorts like that morose guy is wearing.
Those pictures are hilarious! thank you for sharing your wonderful sense of humor on this blog. - Melissa
LOVE IT! I love some of the stuff I stumble across when searching for patterns online. SO funny!
Just another reason why cats crave their independence!
Oh my. I don't even know how to react to that. Thanks for the laughs!
That "commercially made" sweater is actually a knitter's delight, as it carries a full skein of yarn at your waist, conveniently ready for knitting on the go. I think it's genius. As is the cookie monster wig hat; you wouldn't need to pay all that money for a "natural" hair wig. Awesome!
Did people ever actually knit and wear some of those '70s designs? I mean, I've seen pattern books, but never actually seen a picture of them out in the wild (which might just be because the offenders regained their sanity and burned them).
Sadly, though, I can totally see myself trying to rock #6 back in the '80s...
OMG Those are awful! But my husband is sitting next to me and telling me how 'cute' that first picture is and just how well Cookie Monster's vomit matches the model's face. Maybe he needs those shorts...
HA!! Thanks for a good laugh.
You just know that cat is thinking "I will kill you as you sleep." :D
the cat looks very happy .and the coat is very nice