Don’t Bear Abuse

The greatest tragedy in the world (to me anyway - you all, as free thinking individuals may disagree) is that there are children whose lives are shattered by those who they should be able to trust.
Newspapers show their parents being led away in handcuffs, fathers who have imprisoned daughters, the list is endless and there [...]

Sock! Horror!

Socks.
Everyone who is doing yarny things, at present, seems to be doing socks.
Or - if you’re like me - hoarding sock yarn
The yarngoddess herself (yes, I mean YOU, Yarnharlot!) has been at the forefront of the sockiness of the YarnWorld.
Sock Monkeys.
Vine Socks (and they were lovely! ).
Socksocksocksocks.
Socks.
And Crochet has it’s share of socks [...]

Fungus as an Artform

Somebody, 
Please,
 tell me:
Is this a scarf or is it Jewellery?

and I’m not sure that it’ll be any less WTF?!?!?! if I know.
This makes the wearer look like she’s got some kind of tree fungus growing round her neck.
Design Tip: Thats not good.

And to head off in 2008!

I’m unspeakably relieved that despite a significant amount of searching I couldnt find Christmas Crocheted Fug.
I looked. I found some really darling pieces that made me wish I had more time in my life but.. hey..
What I did find.. and it produced a number of mixed reactions when I saw it, was this:
 (get this.. it’s [...]

Which do you think hurts more? Your eyes or your feet?

Sienna Miller has made the crocheted boot HOT! for the season     (I say that with every bit of irony I can muster) though I will admit they do have *some* appeal.
These warm woolly slipper patterns  give me a vague sense of yearning for a climate that actually has more than two seasons (Wet and Dry).
The blue [...]

Pointlessness in Pineapples

You know, after typing that title…. I think I’ve summed up my thoughts about THIS

 Even dipping into my glittery Western Halter Showing mode, I cant think of how to use it.

Show Pony?? NOT

I saw this pattern for sale yesterday and nearly died from dehydration caused by laughing and crying.
 Then, one of the regular commenters on my own blog  had found it amongst her own patterns and went to the trouble of sending it to me, recognising the FUG value.
This pattern for…
THE BOOTS
if thats not a waste of yarn….
It’s for [...]

Udderly Awful

Sorry.. I just couldnt resist!!!
There are facts that must be acknowledged about ornaments and crafts and trinkets. They usually involve Cats, Angels, smiley Faced suns, Pigs, cows, sometimes ducks. There’s stars thrown about and glitter as well, all with little homilies and slogans.
A little bit is ok. Its good for you.
Its whimsical and [...]

You Tell Me?

To start with a couple of thank yous - to the originators of this wonderful blog for opening it up to new contributors, to the person who first put a hook in my hand and told me to give it a go and finally to the person who sent in this :
Yep.
Its um… for those [...]

“Oinga Floinga” Hat

Does the video speak for itself? Thought so.
Thanks to one of our readers for sending this one in -
please don’t poke your eyes out while watching it.
P.S.:  A couple of comments already asking if this is real -
seems to be!  There are more videos of more hats where
this came from AND a custom hat [...]