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Trout Lily
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 Posted - 12/10/2007 : 07:16:59 AM
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RoseByAny
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gwtreece
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Posted - 12/10/2007 : 07:32:26 AM
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Looks like he crocheted his whole outfit.
Wanda
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eepster
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MindyO
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 01:31:38 AM
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| Wonder if that was part of his therapy for some sort of mental illness. Perhaps he was seeking help for a fiber related phobia? Or maybe he's just always felt the need to have a real snazzy outift like they used to wear back in the 60's and 70's. Ya know the ones, if they weren't crocheted they were macramed! Why oh why would anyone use the crappiest fiber on earth and make pokey clothes, chairs and wall hangings? you know your mom, grandma, aunt, or someone on their mid 20's-40's had one of those creepy macrameed owls with the wooden bead eyes on their wall. |
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mertle
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 04:14:29 AM
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Trout Lily, that's a very interesting picture. I can imagine all sorts of scenarios surrounding it. The guy sure is comfortable with himself and his craft. Very talented, too. And aren't the people around him rather jaded?!
Where did you find it? I'd love to know more about it.
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mertle
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 04:37:44 AM
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Hmmmmm... Look more closely. Yep, what he's wearing is definitely crochet, but what he's working on appears to be knitting on a circular needle! It seems to be a tube he's knitting. I can see the cable of the needle.
Is KL missing a cabana boy?
Marilyn
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Atavistic
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 04:54:25 AM
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Wonder what the crotch looks like.
<Did I just say that? Out loud? Erm...>
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mertle
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 06:26:45 AM
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Originally posted by Atavistic
Wonder what the crotch looks like.
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I imagine it's pilling ... at least.
Marilyn
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Cheerleader9
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 06:36:44 AM
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Love the hat!!
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Mocha
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 06:56:10 AM
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| Think it takes a lot of guts to do that in the subway, with that kind of outfit (the color are just screaming 'Lookie here') |
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Cheerleader9
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 07:15:10 AM
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Another thought...As a knitter and/or crocheter could you sit there and not talk to him about his project, outfit and talent?? I couldn't.
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HomekeepingGran
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 07:46:52 AM
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At the least I would ask him if he made his outfit or did someone else, although I suspect he did it himself. He's probably just another fiber junkie like us with the chutzpah to really enjoy his craft publicly.
Blessings,
Carla
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WendyB
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 08:00:43 AM
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It does almost look like he's knitting.
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Originally posted by mertle
And aren't the people around him rather jaded?!
They probably see him on the subway all the time. The day before, he wore his red outfit, and before that, his blue... |
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MindyO
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 11:06:35 AM
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| I would wear that hat though... not that color. The rest? No. Wonder what the purpose of the knit tube is going to be. He kind of looks like Andre 3000. Um, lead singer of Outkast, song Hey Ya! For those of you that no idea what the heck I'm talking about. |
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kdcrowley
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 11:27:21 AM
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Oh, come on. How many of us would have the intestinal fortitude to crochet a complete outfit, wear it and then knit in it?
I gotta give him street cred for balls knit with steel.
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VaxGirl
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 11:48:38 AM
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| Knitting or crochet, it's totally cool. People on the subway generall avoid eye contact, but I would have had to have struck up a conversation with him. |
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KBerry
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 11:59:42 AM
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Originally posted by kdcrowley
I gotta give him street cred for balls knit with steel.
Absolutely!
KBerry
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hillstreetmama
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 3:13:26 PM
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I just can't believe the guy in this photo isn't getting more reaction from those around him. At the very least, stare at his CLOTHES for heaven's sake!! Are people in the city that unmoved by oddities?
Jan
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man knitting on NYC subway
