Archive for August, 2005

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 11 COMMENTS

Well, there’s not much more to say about the mess Katrina has made than has already been said. Good vibes, best wishes, warm thoughts, all of that goes out to everyone suffering. But the best thing you can send is money. Because there are no resources to store or distribute donations of food, clothing, or even lovingly knitted blankets, people are urged to send moulah. Cold hard cash. Greenbacks. It’s all about the Benjamins, baby. Let’s show them the money,[...]

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 59 COMMENTS

Welcome to the brand new wing of the Museum of Kitschy Stitches, sponsored by frightened hordes of knitting designers who paid us off to never mention them or their rotten designs. Using their contributions, which totaled over 18 billion dollars, we built the Karma Chameleon Complex, including the renowned Tumble 4 Ya Sculpture Park. The complex features fully mirrored floors and ceilings with gold-plated fixtures. The walls are covered with artfully splattered paint in hot neon colors. Masterpieces by Nagel,[...]

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 35 COMMENTS

Hello, Police? Yes, I’d like to report an assault. Yes, that’s right. On my senses! We aren’t even safe in our own Inboxes anymore!! Send the fashion squad immediately. Bring a tranquilizer gun and some matches!

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 13 COMMENTS

Looks like Melanie’s list of things to knit (and buy and feed and fawn over) is going to take on a decidedly Noah’s Ark-ish tone in the coming months. Two of everything. Congratulations, pumpkin!!! Now I’m off to hoard clearance-priced Cotton Ease so I can get in on this action . . . Two of these, coming right up! Don’t worry Melanie, I’m just kidding. I would never do that to you.  

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 29 COMMENTS

  I just thought you should know. And as we begin our long, potentially annoying week, let’s all take a moment to thank our lucky stars that our choice is no longer limited to “mammoth-sized” or the sleek new “is that a pony in your pants or are you having your period?”. Observe how neatly they fold up. It’s almost as easy as folding a phone book! Sisters, I think we can all agree that those dark times were MaxiBad.[...]

Posted by Stitchy McYarnpants 29 COMMENTS

      Ze Scoop, she is done! Hazah! Please ignore the fat-headed picture. It was the best of the lot and we were out of paper bags.   A few facts about our little Scoopie: She was lovingly handcrafted from 6 skeins of TLC Cotton Plus in Kiwi. The pattern was written for Cotton Ease and the gauge in Cotton Plus was off a little, so I went up a needle size. Her bust size is 40” (ooh la[...]

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