I can understand having a hobby and becoming enthralled in said hobby.
As a horny preteen I was obsessive when it came to collecting the New Kids on the Block trading cards. I had all of them. Should I get a duplicate card? The overwhelming sadness would have put a high school break-up to shame.
This is no joke people.
It’s the end of life as we know it when you get a duplicate card. Ask any preteen kid that’s collecting Pokémon or Webkins or whatever-the-heck those young ones are doing these days.
Big. Deal. People.
Where was I?
Oh yes. A hobby. Appreciate it. Embrace it. The fact is some people, including your children, are obsessive freaks when it comes to collecting or making things.
But!
Ooooooh – there’s definitely a But! because when that obsessive need turns utterly CREEPY you get something like this:
I don’t even know what to say except… what happens when the poor tree wants to GROW! and EXPAND! and LIVE!
Is it supposed to bust outta that thing like Lou Ferrigno when he turns into The Hulk?
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April 28th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I kind of love it, but do hope they take it off so the poor tree can do it’s thing~
April 28th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
just…WHY???
April 28th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I kind of love it! Can you imagine having a tree like that for climbing as a child? I’d feel like i lived in a Dr. Seuss book! And i bet the branches are nice and snuggly.
Now, the psyche of a person who would actually do such a thing… that’s another story.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I love it! I think it’s so pretty!
I’m gonna learn to knit or crochet and cover every tree I see
Jesica’s last blog post..Misquoted Scripture
April 28th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
wth is that? It looks like a monster or squid, or something. Don’t show it to Jenny. She may never go near a tree again.
Headless Mom’s last blog post..Uh Oh.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
“Why not..” not what not.
and I would do this in a HEART BEAT if I knew how to knit.
I swear to god I would. In fact, as soon as I forward this post to everyone I know, I’m going to find a tutorial on youtube on how to knit.
Oh yes i am!
April 28th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
So then she climbs the tree and sews each piece to the last like a patchwork quilt.
And I thought I needed to get out more.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I’m split. I feel sorry for the tree, but it looks so cool… I mean to be walking down the street and see that… Well, I would have a much better reaction to it than most of the stuff on craftastrophe.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
i just saw this in an e-mail this morning, and I couldn’t get out of my head… the hours upon hours of knitting around a tree…or crocheting or whatever the frick it is. Someone actually did that… around and around and around… as productive people drove to work morning after morning and drove home night after night… what drives someone to this?
candace trew camling’s last blog post..SCBWI:Iowa Conference
April 28th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
don’t make me go all arbor foundation on yer asses.
flutter’s last blog post..On being realistic
April 29th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Wow.. I mean on the one hand it’s pretty incredible… but on the other… well.. let’s just say I laughed at the image of it busting out like the Hulk!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I think it’s knitastic. I’m thinking of going home and keeping my tree warm like this. I wonder what the squirrels think of it. I bet they’re trippin.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Renegade knitting. I love it. There’s a lamp pole in East Austin with a cozie on it that makes me smile every time I drive by. People have been doing this for some time–remember reading about it years ago…
April 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Oh god, is that knitting? That’s either amazing or an amazing waste of skills.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I have to admire the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to crochet and adorn an entire tree in a cozy. That’s dedication! -But did you ever notice that the people that seem to want to cover things in cozies look like they live in a relatively warm climate? Dr. Seuss is turning over in his grave and muttering “they were children’s books and you’re how old now?”
April 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I must say, I love it.
But I can smell the mildew from here.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
i was gonna say, and when it rains? then what? ew.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
It’s actually a piece of art, an outdoor installation by artist Carol Hummel. She talks about it here on her project page. It was up from 2005 through last summer.
I think it’s pretty and cheerful. And really, what the hell else are you going to do with those 2500 skeins of Red Heart Super Saver from your grandma’s basement?
April 30th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Would wrapping knitting round non-growing dull industrial things make you like guerrilla knitting just a little more?
Deadly Knitshade’s last blog post..London Guerilla Knitting: “My yarn is as bad ass as your spray can.”
April 30th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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May 2nd, 2009 at 2:16 am
I love it.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I find it interesting….but I much prefer the creativity of
May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
oy…. of theresa honeywell