Now puberty had arrived, Damien was finding new uses for his tools.

huh?

In the great tradition of house paint companies naming paint colours things like Spanky (blue) , Cattle Dog Cluster (grey) and Princess Porky Wazza Woo (made-up... but probably not far off) comes possibly the most confusing yarn colourway name ever:

Turtle Cheesecake.

Other contenders welcome. If there is a colourway or yarn name that made you laugh or just downright made your brain itch, post it in comments. Some sort of prize to the most inexplicable.

Peace,
Ms Spider

I've heard of sea silk ...

soy silk, bamboo and banana yarn, and even knitting with dna extracted from the testes of salmon, but this is going too far!

Shake your bottie

How excited were we here at Vague to discover this for sale on eBay?

Squee! We can knit our own botties? Never have to ask if our bum's too big - just knit in a smaller size.

How disappointing to find this.
Still, I'm with KC and the Sunshine Band and will continue to shake my bootie.

Steriogram: Walkie Talkie Man

Woolmation from guest poster, Othlon.

Just in time for Christmas

I know not all MILs are awful, but mine was and I think these would make the ideal Christmas gift for her, if I had to still give her gifts.




If you're interested and of an evil disposition, these are available on eBay for the next couple of days.

Wooly Bullies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcUjYpjKZs

No, I did not commission this mockumentary, but I wish I had. ;)