Nicole on June 12th, 2006

The creator of this bathing beauty actually named it white trash black swimsuit. I’m really not one to argue with her. I never thought about combining knitting with swimming, but apparantly I’ve been missing out on something . . .

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Nicole on June 6th, 2006

It’s bad enough when people knit their own ugly items of clothing and wear them, but it’s even worse when they inflict them on small children. I don’t know if you were fooled by the design or not, but those aren’t jeans the little boy is wearing. Those are pants knitted to look like jeans. [...]

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Nicole on May 29th, 2006

Happy Memorial Day! In honor of those who served our country, here are some pictures of a really huge flag created by an artist/sculptor in Massachusetts.

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Nicole on May 14th, 2006

The actual description for these pants does a much better job than I could ever do:
»Low-waisted, super short, totally gay, rainbow hot pants with sassy tie-front closure.
Inspired by the unlikely combination of Thai fishermans pants and memories of 70s roller derby fashion, these hot pants are a great way to show off your assets and [...]

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Nicole on May 7th, 2006

What is better than a fake flower pin? Three large, knitted flower pins. Thanks, April showers!

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Nicole on May 1st, 2006

Yes, it was only a matter of time before some leg warmers showed up as the UKTOTW. These are especially choice because 1) they are being worn over jeans, eliminating the only excuse that would really call for leg warmers (the old, my calves are cold excuse) 2) there is a matching hat to the [...]

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Nicole on April 23rd, 2006

For those who haven’t noticed, Ryan has not updated the website of late and I can only imagine it’s because he’s trying to whip up one of these for Aubrey. Poor Aubrey is often cold, and I bet one of these would be nice now that it is getting too warm for regular sweaters. (You [...]

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Nicole on April 16th, 2006

Some artist group thought that what the world really needed was a gigantic knit stuffed bunny on the side of a mountain, and luckily enough for the Italians, they chose to execute their project over there last year. According to their press release:
After almost 5 years of knitting the rabbit found its final place in [...]

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Nicole on April 9th, 2006

You know, it’s pretty cold in that refrigerator of yours. Good thing you dressed your eggs up with a nice warm, knitted cozy . . . What? You just put your eggs in there NAKED? That’s practically abuse. Go knit yourself a cozy or dozen and dress those poor, shivering eggs.

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