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Atavistic
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 Posted - 12/04/2005 : 4:33:29 PM
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Warning: This post includes the word "beach" in it. If that offends you, read another post. (:
Mr. Aerospace and I were at the dog park today, and I was knitting a tube sock for wear around the house.
Some woman who was about 15 feet away and practically YELLING on her cell phone said, "This girl be knitting something. I don't know what it is, but it looks like a hat for a beach. She's knitting a beach hat. [Laughing] A beach hat! [Laughing]"
I stared straight at her (she was facing me) and said, "It's a tube sock!" She turned around, turned around to face me again, and I said, "It's. A. Tube. Sock!"
She threw her hand over her mouth and said, "Oh my God! She can hear me! She can hear me!"
I nodded that yes, my goodness, I could hear her. If I could hear her 50 feet away while sitting on a rock, I could certainly hear her 15 feet away.
She kept screeching about how I could hear her and I finally said, "This isn't BIG ENOUGH to be a beach hat!"
The sock is already 15.5" long. She was so concerned over the fact that I could hear her that she didn't even get the joke.
I apologized to Mr. Aerospace, since there were lots of other people in the park, and he just shrugged and laughed.
Amanda
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becka always
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 5:40:26 PM
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Nice comeback ... I was thinking something like that should be said as I was reading your post...LOL...should have known you would come up with it  ...LOL!!
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Becka Always
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NaProus
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blwinteler
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 6:09:40 PM
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Or just make a willie warmer. There are a few patterns around for those.
Isn't it amazing how clueless people can be? I swear, some people shouldn't be allowed out in public because they just embarrass themselves.
Take care!
Brandy
My finished projects
We are but 8 score young blondes and brunettes... all between 16 and 19-and-a-half... cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh... it is a lonely life. Bathing... dressing... undressing... knitting exciting underwear ....(Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tale of Sir Galahad)
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 7:36:12 PM
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I did in fact knit a willie-warmer once......
.....don`t ask! It WAS back in the eighties! 
Val.
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blwinteler
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 10:09:42 PM
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Did it get used? I am sure plenty have been knit, but how many actually get used?
Take care!
Brandy
My finished projects
We are but 8 score young blondes and brunettes... all between 16 and 19-and-a-half... cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh... it is a lonely life. Bathing... dressing... undressing... knitting exciting underwear ....(Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tale of Sir Galahad)
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knittingkeri
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 10:22:43 PM
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Do you still have the pattern. My fiancee would absolutely die if i put one in his x-mas gift to unwrap in front of the family
thanks, keri
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Originally posted by Valk_scot
I did in fact knit a willie-warmer once......
.....don`t ask! It WAS back in the eighties!
Val.
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becka always
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 10:47:48 PM
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Allow me to preface this with this note...I didn't have the pattern on hand (not that there's anything wrong with that...LOL) but I googled this for you, keri
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Becka Always
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blwinteler
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Posted - 12/04/2005 : 10:54:37 PM
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I think you can find a few posted in a thread we had a while back that got out of hand. Yeah, those of you who participated know exactly which one I am talking about. Search "pole dancer" and you should be able to find it . . . and get a good laugh in the process.
Take care!
Brandy
My finished projects
We are but 8 score young blondes and brunettes... all between 16 and 19-and-a-half... cut off in this castle with no one to protect us! Oh... it is a lonely life. Bathing... dressing... undressing... knitting exciting underwear ....(Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tale of Sir Galahad)
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fmarrs
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truly violet
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 05:38:57 AM
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hahaha amanda..
vi
none of this will matter in 100 years.......
except I will finally be at my goal weight...vi
http://notashyviolet.blogspot.com/ ~now with chickens!
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 06:52:49 AM
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Originally posted by fmarrs
Somewhere on the web there are pictures of men wearing them. Of course you can't really see them under their kilts.
I think you either wear the kilt OR the willie-warmer, but certainly not both together! But I`ll check back with my Hubby and let you know.
Val.
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 07:02:01 AM
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Originally posted by knittingkeri
Do you still have the pattern. My fiancee would absolutely die if i put one in his x-mas gift to unwrap in front of the family
Sorry, I don`t! But if I recall correctly it`s just like knitting a sock...you cast on the amount of stitches calculated from your yarn/needle gauge and final required roundways measurement X, then knit in whatever stitch pattern you choose. Ribbing of some sort is best though. Then once the tube reaches length measurement Y you cast off as if it was a small hat, finish the top off, darn in the ends and that`s all.
Ok, I`ll admit, there was a bit of a craze for knitting them in university and team colours for your significant (or not) other at that time. And you finished them off with a little pom-pom. With an embroidered face at the end. [:00]
(The winters can be pretty long and boring here in Scotland...and we didn`t have home internet back in the eighties, remember????)
Val.
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truly violet
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 08:01:31 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Valk_scot
I think you either wear the kilt OR the willie-warmer, but certainly not both together! But I`ll check back with my Hubby and let you know.
Val.
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ok I am thinking....if he is wearing a kilt.....he'd better be wearing the warmer.....
or things could freeze and drop off
vi
none of this will matter in 100 years.......
except I will finally be at my goal weight...vi
http://notashyviolet.blogspot.com/ ~now with chickens!
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mokey
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 08:52:45 AM
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I thought the willy warmer were sized for umm, hmm, moments of increased blood flow to the area? Can't see how it would stay on the rest of the time!
"An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King Jr.
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 09:26:47 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by mokey
I thought the willy warmer were sized for umm, hmm, moments of increased blood flow to the area? Can't see how it would stay on the rest of the time!
Knitting-In elastic......
Val.
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 09:29:02 AM
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Originally posted by truly violet
ok I am thinking....if he is wearing a kilt.....he'd better be wearing the warmer.....
or things could freeze and drop off
The whole point is, Vi, that nothing is worn under a kilt at all. Certainly not a wille-warmer!
Val.
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truly violet
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 09:59:24 AM
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then they prefer the ah...hemmmmm...human touch to keep warm?
vi~just when you thought me a sweet old lady huh?
none of this will matter in 100 years.......
except I will finally be at my goal weight...vi
http://notashyviolet.blogspot.com/ ~now with chickens!
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mokey
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 10:06:15 AM
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Ahh, now I get it Val - ribbed for her pleasure.
"An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King Jr.
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KCShaw
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 10:19:51 AM
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| My guy is used to holding still to get measured for knitwear, but this would take him by suprise :) |
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Valk_scot
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Posted - 12/05/2005 : 10:34:04 AM
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Originally posted by truly violet
then they prefer the ah...hemmmmm...human touch to keep warm?
Vi, if you had eight yards of pure wool tartan pleated round your waist, you wouldn`t need anything to keep you warm. My Hubby says a kilt is a great deal warmer than trousers, even on a windy day.
Of course, if you`ve got cold hands and a friendly relationship with a man wearing a kilt, the opposite of your suggestion may apply...
Val.
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