Nicole on November 14th, 2009

Knitted necklaces. They’re like mini afghans for your neck. Ahhhh, cozy.

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Nicole on November 3rd, 2009

You don’t see big barrettes much anymore. At least not since 1989. I like how adding knitting to a barrette takes it from an overlooked accessory that holds back hair to, “Oh my gosh, what is on your head? Is that a muppet?”

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Nicole on October 23rd, 2009

This isn’t a transformer hat in the Optimus Prime way. Instead it actually transforms from a benign looking hat with a large brim to this: I can only imagine it being useful for recluses that want to scare small children, or for people who want to be taunted about not having a Halloween costume before [...]

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Nicole on October 15th, 2009

Yes, UKTOTW is back – until I get lazy again. Enjoy while it lasts! Remember when you were little and went to those creepy haunted houses where you got to feel monster brains (cold cooked spaghetti) and eyeballs (peeled grapes)? Those grapes were so darn sticky. Ick. What you needed was a bowl full of [...]

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Nicole on December 18th, 2008

That’s right. Plural. More than one person thought it was a really great idea to knit a hat that looks like a Christmas tree. While some of these aren’t as tacky as others, the concept still condemns them all to ugliness. It does make me wonder – when you are wearing a Christmas tree hat, [...]

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Nicole on December 11th, 2008

Once knitters get tired of making useful things like sweaters and potholders, and even not-so-useful things like doll blankets and kleenex box cozies, they must arrive at a point in their knitting journey where the idea of knitting something that looks like food is just amazingly appealing. Maybe it is the thought that someone might [...]

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Nicole on December 3rd, 2008

This UKTOTW is for the people who want to sport the look of the Ghost of Christmas Past, but don’t want the weight of a real chain.

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Nicole on November 18th, 2008

Back by popular demand – or actually, the demand of RyeBrye himself – is UKTOTW. Now you can marvel at more incredibly weird things that people want to spend time meticulously handcrafting. This UKTOTW is for those people who want to join the iphone craze, but really don’t want to switch carriers or pay large [...]

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Nicole on November 12th, 2006

I know, the weather is starting to get colder and sandal days seem a thing of the past, but maybe if you start on a pair of these now they will be finished by spring.

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