Ways To Celebrate April Fool's Day In the Knitting World IV

*  Form a Knitter's SuperPAC and start questioning presidential candidates on their stand on circular versus double-pointed needles

*  Take a new yarn to your knitting group and announce that it's from a lesser-known cousin of alpaca.....Loupaca

*  Create a Facebook page for your stash and provide regular updates on its breeding details

*  Find a published garter stitch scarf pattern and write to the designer asking where she gets her inspiration.

*  Record a podcast about the new discovery you've made on how to rip back mohair yarn easily.  Cut the recording right after saying, "The key to frogging mohair easily is...."

*  The next time someone tells you, "Oh, I could never learn to knit," tell them it's the not the knitting that's actually hard--it was the 4 year apprenticeship in the mountains of Tibet that really made it challenging.


Comments

Meredith said…
You crack me up! Happy April Fool's Day.
Meredith
April 1, 2012 at 4:58 PM
RobinH said…
Okay, I'm really taken with the idea of creating a Facebook page for the stash. *g*
April 1, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Book Dragon said…
excellent! I really liked the apprenticeship, frogging, and....k I loved them all ;)

I wonder if the breeding details would work for my books?
April 1, 2012 at 11:08 PM
RobinH said…
And after reading this post I kept coming up with awful one-liners. Like, "what do you get when you cross mohair with guitar strings? Mo-town."

I blame you.
April 2, 2012 at 7:16 AM
Alicia said…
"The key to frogging mohair easily is...." Actually, I've heard putting it in the freezer for the day helps, but I haven't tried it yet. I refuse to knit with mohair as I'm allergic to the more exotic breeds and while I have a cat that looks just like yours, don't want black fur and mohair all over my clothes :)
April 3, 2012 at 8:34 PM
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