Fickleknitter

June 29, 2005

Husbands

My Husband has informed me that he will review the contest entries and evaluate from there how much yarn I have in my possession. These are tough times people. Tough times call for lies and retraction tough measures.

I must have forgotten to mention the contest was actually how much yarn I have plus that of my one hundred and ten closest friends, and does not actually represent how much yarn I have personally purchased since last August when I started knitting.

To distract the Husband everyone from the fact that I am swimming in a veritable yarn bog, I'll wax philosophical about my Husband.

I am so glad I finally traded in the Abominable John Lennon Model of Boyfriends for the Paul McCartney Brand. I mean, eating chess pieces and being living art is cool and all, but Counterculture and Rebellion can only get you so far. I much prefer familial devotion and letting me play Tambourine in the Physics Club Band.

My Husband is so cool. He has shown me that jumbo lego-land sized US 15 knitting needles are useful under many circumstances.

Useful Use Number 1
US 15's make perfect ad hoc drumsticks. Especially after the ever Kind and Loving Husband spends hours fixing your honest-to-god record player so you can listen to Pink Floyd at volume 53, punctuating the good parts by some serious air drumming.

Useful Use Number 2
When overwhelmed by air drumming, they can also be thrown in the air and caught in one's teeth. Which may or may not leave marks, perplexing the knittress of the house. Better Knitting Needles than Chess pieces I always say.

Useful Use Number 3
Nose Picker

Useful Use Number 3
Back scratcher.

Useful Use Number 4
I devised this one myself after witnessing the Husband's creative use of knitting implements. I use one US 15 to fish things from behind the couch. I find this technique the most useful.
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Don't forget to enter Yesterday's Contest!

Posted by Michelle at June 29, 2005 09:33 AM