Ticker-Tape

As you dress for whatever fabulous New Year's Eve party you'll be attending tonight, I bet you'll wish you had one of these:

Why wait for the clock to strike midnight to be covered in streamers and confetti? 

(I love it that they had her model it multiple times-- and the only things the changed were her stockings, shoes, and necklace.  Oh, and they slightly curled her hair.  Makes all the difference in the world.  Apparently.)

The Kook Factor

I'm all for using up those little scraps of yarn (waste not, want not, you know!), but it's important to take into account the kook factor such a random mishmash of stripes and pools of color can introduce to a piece...

Not everyone can pull off this look without seeming slightly ridiculous. 

On the other hand, no-one will ever miss you in a crowd.  ("I'll be the one in the crazily striped hat with the big, yellow, crocheted rose on it.")

Touchy-Feely

Meet the Love Trapezoid Gang:

Maybe it's just because I'm a cold, distant person whose life is devoid of almost all human contact... but the degree of touching and exchanged glances in this photo strikes me as somewhat excessive.  Who's with whom?  Do you go with the locked eyes?  Or do you base it on who's touching whom?  (Well, considering that almost everyone is touching everyone else, that could be tricky...)

Seriously, I think you could write a very interesting (and trashy) novel based on the tangled relationships represented in this single image.  (Send me a copy if you do, please.)

Sporty

This is just what my husband needs, the next time he goes pheasant shooting:

Rawr!

That's all.  Just "rawr". 

It's all the caption this photo needs, really...

Look on the Bright Side

A serene smile lit the face of the younger of the two girls.  Being selected as one of the PomPom Cult's annual human sacrifices was a bit of bad luck, but at least she got to wear a ceremonial pompom frock...

...and they'd been given such beautiful toys as parting gifts, too!

(The moral of the story:  Pompoms make everything better.)

I Spy

Oops.  With all the Christmas hustle and bustle, I forgot that I hadn't scheduled posts for yesterday... Let's make up for it today!

We start the day off with a vintage cover-- Hand Knits for Men. 

What do you suppose this trio of besweatered men might be discussing...?

One possibility:
"That window there about 9 every night.  On top of everything else, she's punctual, too!"