Just because.
And it turned out that she could. (And lo, it was good).
High on the adrenalin of this small woolly success, and despite the fact that she ought to be working on that 1500 word paper due on Monday and the taxes due on Tuesday, she attempted what she hoped might resemble an acorn. Because as you may remember, she has a bit of a thing for knitted acorns.
And while the result was a tad on the small side and the shape of the cap wasn’t quite there yet, she was mightily pleased with herself. She recognised her pattern’s limitations and resolved to learn from this little prototype.
Up it went onto Flickr.
Where it didn’t get quite the reception she was expecting.
32 comments:
Now this really did cheer me up.
Oh, knitter of wondrous and small (and sometimes odd) things.
Yep. That's a sperm alright. And not just any sperm, a green sperm. Noice.
Diffrent.
Unewesyual
Hmmm - she had a point! But hey, it's not everyone who has the skill to knit a sperm without even trying.
Dear God- I can see it now!- a bright future in creating knitted sex organs to be used in elementary school sex education classes.
Soft! Attractive! Non-threatening! Like puppets, but with a greater purpose.
Yup I am seeing green sperm!
So I came over here just to lay claim that it was me who was that smart(-arse) person who knew it was philadelphus over at Isabelle's, which you've probably forgotten about by now because it was a week ago at least... and because I really enjoyed it last time I came, and I find I'm a bit awestruck by 54 comments and knitted strawberries, not to mention sperm ( I didn't see that in it myself, to the pure all things are pure, but now I have...)
Anyway, it's all very delicious and will send me to bed laughing!
I never saw that coming! And wish I didnt know now, what I didnt know then...
But I am laughing.
I'm guessing i'm not the only one that thought 'sperm' then ?
Send it to Stomper, so she can attach it to her condom hat.
I fear my knitted condom hat (with the gaping hole from the dropped stitch) would be no match for that determined looking little spermatozoa. Somebody will have to knit us a morning-after pull.
H&B you are a genius; there MUST be a market for sperm-adorned condom hats. Surely.
Pill. Morning-after pill.
You know it could be a mouse, as in a computer mouse??
I am a cack-handed knitter most envious. But I didn't feel so bad after all the sperm comments.
Oh Suse. I was reading your post , quietly jogging along with you as you described your successful leaf and then you described your acorn and. Then I saw the photo. Oh Suse.. its the tail that spermifies it I am afraid!!
You know it didn't look like a sperm in my feedreader, so I left the comments until later and went to flickr and yep. Spermy sperm green sperm.
janet, as opposed to a tampon mouse. A very environmentally friendly tampon at that.
Although I imagine it would be a tad itchy.
Gah, it's bad enough I talk filth on my own blog, now I'm sullying Suse's who makes a conscious effort to keep hers nice.
Sorry Suse.
I try to keep my blog 'noice', Kimmy.
Which is quite a different thing.
(And I am getting some interesting google visitors now, thanks to the word 'sperm', and as of this evening, 'knitted tampon mouse').
Now that I'm completely shot google-wise, I should tell you that over at knittydotcom there's a pattern for a knitted womb. (Yep). So you know, I thought I'd make that, and some ova too.
Because clearly I have too much time on my hands. As I said to Janet, time to have another baby, take on PhD, build strawbale house etc.
See my Flickr comment: you've solved one of life's little mysteries for me.
opened a big old can of spermy worms. Sorry. Put this comment down to slight jet lag. x
You know what I was thinking. It does actually look like a tadpole - maybe you could knit a frog to go with it...
Just trying to help. Really.
(How's that 1500word paper going?)
'despite the fact that she ought to be working on that 1500 word paper due on Monday and the taxes due on Tuesday'
I think what you mean is 'because' not 'despite'
Laughing at all the sperm jokes.
Ah. Yup, I'm with the majority here. Really, though. It is the tail that does it. No pun intended. Really.
That certainly put a smile on my face!! Thanks for the laugh!
Well, I thought it looked like an acorn.
Maybe you need to work out an oakleaf pattern as an extra visual clue?
(I'm Isabelle's Daughter 1, by the way. And I want to learn to knit.)
It's full of life anyway.
Hee hee. Sperm.
But it also was a very nice acorn.
You haven't had any inappropriate dreams about the Incredible Hulk, have you?
-J.
Husband rang today to tell me his count is now zero after the vasectomy!
Don't know what made me think of that.
Do you think green is a girl one or a boy one?
Well, it does look like a little green sperm. My favorite color is green, though, so maybe that's just the kind of guy I'm looking for. Could you hook us up, do you think?
I love the leaf. It's very leafy and not in any way related to any male or female reproduction parts. They may have used it to cover those parts though. Could you make it a little more figgy?
Thats a seriously spermy acorn-but gorgeous nonetheless. At birth classes many moons ago there was a knitted uterusy thing that they sqeezed a baby doll from. Blahhh.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw sperm rather than acorn! I prefer it to the knitted uterus.
lol, i love the little knitted green bits....too funny re- all the comments.
and i am signing up for a knitting class that i found in a nearby town...
So, how did you make that leaf? It looks great! I have been trying to make one all night and ca't seem to figure it out... Would you share?
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