You were just LOOKING for an excuse to break out the really giant needles. We understand.

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…and I hope the weather is warm because otherwise BRRRRRR

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As Curly of the Three Stooges said “I try to think, but nothing happens!” Curly and I could both use one of these awesome brain hats:

Pattern is a free Ravelry download from Alicia Williams. Imagine the looks you’d get knitting this at the PTA meeting.

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Karen and Sam agreed to let me take over the blog. It just goes to show you, kids – whining will get you everywhere.

Yippee! Weird crafts live! Shall we begin? It’s not like there’s any shortage of odd stuff out there:

Dress as breakfast this winter! A bacon scarf and a fried egg hat to go with – my hair feels greasier already!

After knitting, the set is felted to achieve maximum bacon-resembling properties (also making it warm and cozy).

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This scarf would make a lovely gift. It is lovely, isn’t it? So soft. And handmade.

I thought I’d love a scarf like this, until I found out what it was made of.

Possum fur (and alpaca, to be fair. But POSSUM).

POSSUM FUR.

Have you ever met a possum? I had one who used to visit my back yard to drink the black water that sometimes oozed from the compost heap. Yeah. The freakiest, most disgusting little animals on earth.

So this brings up questions. How does one get possum fur to make possum yarn?

Road kill?

Possum grooming?

Or are there…shudder…possum farms?

This scarf has raised too many bad questions in my mind for me to ever look at it the same way again. Sigh.

And it was so pretty.

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Suebob has a dog that could help her get some possums.