LetsGetWeirdinHere
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Feb 25, 2016 6:49 PM
LetsGetWeirdinHere
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CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
Lady or blanket?
CiraEssera
Where can I find this yarn? I'll make one myself if I can find the yarn.
meanckz
I'd just like to know where to get this yarn....
SSaraslame
But where does she get the yarn?
GiraffesAndCrystalMeth
my hands say ... OW! those needles would be killer.
UHFStation
Knit Yeah!
SSaraslame
Gimme that
andthatsthewaythecookiecrumbles
Just imagine waking up tangled
WeirdOneWithaWhip
I guess I can just use OP's mom's dildos as knitting needles...
MamaKin
The gal in the first photo looks angry.
creepyoldcracker
a real knitwit
basehead3six
I found someone or something on etsy that charges $15.50 per square foot. Queen size blanket is roughly 56sf which comes to $868. Insanity!
MyPieBringsAllTheDeansToTheYard
Well my mum knitted a blanket with normal sized yarn for my cat and she (my cat) loved it, best part was it wasn't $700
PopeFenderson
Yarn? That looks like straight up roving.
Achillesdemur53
That's not knitting at that point, That's weaving
MsGenericEnough
Loops tell me it's knitting. If it were weaving you'd have lines and criss crossing.
iamthewindfish
Sauce?
vraxoin
No, it's a blanket.
iamthewindfish
That, sir and or ma'am is ART!
briburrito
Where the hell do you get yarn that weight?
MyFeebleTurtleDuck
Do a GIS for "roving," which is the fiber yarn is spun from. Source: I'm a spinner.
JeffreyMarschel89
And crochet eats 3x the yarn knitting does. I'm going to buy roving and learn to arm knit just for these blankets.
imherefortheveggiecomics
nice roving is expensive as balls though
PopeFenderson
You speak truth.
ChuckKarma
#1 is like 'I'm in my blanket now, I don't need to deal with you."
ThatOnePolarBearOnTheLeft
"Your authority is not recognised in Fort Blanket"
Joman30
hello
IAlwaysUpvoteLowBudgetCreativeWork
#4 Awwwww
MathMaster
Where can I buy these @OP
BrazilianThunderPanda
Etsy.
MathMaster
Thanks
LadyWidebottom
How fucking big are the balls of yarn?
ConfederacyOfDunces
Like thirty
hellofromthedarkside
Speed
LadyWidebottom
30 yarn?
mrPelican
30 banana
PoppaBeenSmoothSinceTheDaysOfUnderoos
What does she use for knitting needles? Javelins?
BanadecCamberbootch
@OP 's mom's dildos
ThatOnePolarBearOnTheLeft
But they're too big to knit with http://www.edubeanz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BURJ-KHALIFA.jpg
YardisTARDIS
Her arms
DoctorFirefly22
Those big ass needles in pic 2. Sometimes pvc for bigger ones.
DEVILSADVOCATE1217
But why does she look so sad?
snackarydaquiri
Because feminism.
Djcjay13
because she spent 500 on a blanket with holes
DukeOfChutney608
cuz breezes go through her blankets like a hot knife through butter
agumonkey
Blankets too big without you.
Trentonniemeyer
Because she knits blankets with oversized yarn
ConfederacyOfDunces
She's just 'darn' tired.
flatdeer
omg
Thrndm1
That was horrible. Have an upvote!
IllusivePanda
Yarn tired
ConfederacyOfDunces
Darn. As in darning a pair of socks.
AleksandarK
She's missing the salad and tampons.
wingalingdragon27
Because rbf
Lionheadtm
Because noone will buy her 700 blanket craft project.
nafalan
She has a cat and knits all day erryday
Greaseistheword
Did you see the size of those needles? A fucking vampire wouldn't go near those
thecolonels
Her eyes remind me of River from Firefly.
plantrobot
it's not that comfortable
PolarHailStorm
She has no one to share the blankets with.
buttcreambandit
Because you touch yourself at night
LaCheeseOwl
No no no no. Those things aren't felted at all! It's gonna pill and fray and be gross in a week.
Snooj
There are also way too many holes. I need warmth, not novelty.
iwanttobeapenguin
Thin yarn and no holes is also good.
iwanttobeapenguin
I crocheted a blanket with thick yarn and its TOO warm. I made another one that had a more holey texture and its perfect :)
Snooj
Where are you from? I need to ensure it's somewhere cold.
iwanttobeapenguin
Michigan, definitely cold
ominousdusk
they are felted. the process involves felting the roving in the bathtub or something
MFWBernieSandersMakesMePayForYourCommunityCollegeDegree
Explain knitting for those of us that aren't my grandma.
dt731
Youtube cast on, cast off, knit, purl. Tada! You know the basics of knitting now!
TchallaVII
ELI5 why i should not invest heavily in this
PopeFenderson
Because the fibers of hair are not twisted like yarn, or matted like felt, and they are relatively short, so they will come loose.
TchallaVII
Is there no way to treat it?
TchallaVII
Is there no way to treat it?
PopeFenderson
You could try felting, but it wouldn't look as nice, and would shrink quite a bit. These are nice, but they'd pill up or she'd like mad
PopeFenderson
*shed
TchallaVII
Is there no way to treat it?
NoSenatorYourOutOfOrder
They are like $700
BeeswaxNotYoursInc
That amount of merino wool is incredibly expensive!
BreadInCaptivityBakery
Yea, The yarn itself is $50/lb and you need at least 5-8 lbs. Knitting needles this size are another $50. Things start adding up quick
MrDuckie
1000 if you actually want one big enough to lay under
THESEareATTACKeyebrowsYOUcouldOPENbottleTOPSwithTHESE
Probably 3-400 to make one. Fiancé crochets, yarn is fucking expensive
whyteraven74
Given the quantity of material involved and labor, that's not bad.
themdubs
They're actually much easier to make then a traditional knit blanket and the materials don't warrant the cost.
SSaraslame
http://www.amazon.com/DIY-Natural-Roving-making-Blanket/dp/B0175OGIB8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1456463512&sr=8-9&keywords=giant+yarn
Quizz25S
That is a shit ton of yarn.
robmom
Yeah, I want to crochet with this yarn so badly, but I can't justify spending that much $. If someone wants to commission something in game.
tattoodmary
And crochet eats 3x the yarn knitting does. I'm going to buy roving and learn to arm knit just for these blankets.
robmom
I can't figure out knitting for the life of me! I've only ever had books to learn from though, I need a person to teach me in person.
tattoodmary
I learned crochet via youtube. I cannot grasp knitting. I'm going to try again
dt731
When I started out, I had grand plans for all these cute things. Then reality set in and youtube showed me how to cast on and knit/purl
dt731
There's so many videos out there, don't discount the poor quality looking ones because they tend to go slow enough to actually see the knits
rubber1duckie
For the blankets or the wool to make the blankets?
YardisTARDIS
Kind of both. She uses merino wool for all that and it's incredibly expensive.
SherMattLockSmith
My mom owns half an alpaca farm... Maybe I should go into business...
SaintMaceToTheFace
Honestly it sells by the pound better than sheep wool
ominousdusk
you should alpaca roving is very expensive
StarrrryNight
I have an alpaca wool blanket from Peru. It's my favourite thing.
Wckdwabbit
I have one as well. It's pretty awesome!
aerodynamit3
Alpaca wool is superior to sheep's wool
Seggs
as a crocheter, can confirm.
YardisTARDIS
So expensive but it doesn't give me hives
tattoodmary
It's made from wool roving. The supplies I looked into, would be about 300. I can't imagine this is 400$ of labor.
JooBagel
Don't get mad. If you want it cheaper then learn it and do it yourself. You are paying for skills, wool, time, and marketing. Business!!!!!!
ominousdusk
I WANT QUALITY HAND CRAFTED THINGS BUT I WANT TO PAY CHINESE SWEAT SHOP PRICES!
xkr73
Well, if it takes you more than three days to make one.. pretty much, yeah.
ominousdusk
it probably would since you have to felt all of that roving before you can even start to knit it
InquisitorOctaviusoftheOrdoMalleus
I would willingly buy one
DrFawxy
Assuming she's making each one by hand, that's a lot of labor going into each blanket
tattoodmary
She's admitted it can be kicked out in an afternoon. Seems high for labor if it's a few hours of work.
dt731
Doesn't take long, but you're paying someone that knows what to do, has the materials, space to create/store it, and their time.
kawaiifacechan
You can knit one of these on your arm in an hour
Ballbreaker
WHAT
pookiethebear
THEY'RE LIKE $700!
NinjaMuffin6
WHAT
zidar
"LIKE $700, THEY ARE" ~ Yoda
stanleypark211
"YEEEEEAAAAAH!!" -lil jon
techfreak243
THEY'RE LIKE $700!
LAGERO
WHAT
CanadianCthulhu
Yep theyre super expensive.
cupcakeanator
The yarn is expensive. I want to buy the yarn and make one soooo bad!!
SaltyNun
Buy a sheep instead, and make you own huge yarn.
ImMrsMeeseeksLookatMe
Buy me the material and I will make one for you
ICantBelieveItsNotCera
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darkmage2160
That material is the expensive bit sadly
Wazeman
I've already looked into it to make one for myself. The yarn itself is supah expensive.
ImMrsMeeseeksLookatMe
Too rich for my blood but I'll put in the work for someone else just to say I made one :D
RockitSaucer
Wait really? Where do I buy it and about how much would you need to make a full blanket?
ominousdusk
The amount of roving you need for one of these will cost between $200-$400 depending on the animal it comes from
WakeUpYoureInAComa
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cancerriddenlung
Hah....it probably took 11 whole minutes to make those.
ominousdusk
it has to be felted first...so no
BrazilianThunderPanda
It's harder than you think, it's very heavy and cumbersome to make.
cancerriddenlung
You probably don't even need knitting needles....just use your forearms.
BrazilianThunderPanda
Oh yeah, I tried arm knitting, and cumbersome was an understatement.
cancerriddenlung
Huh....I thought I made that up....but you already have tried it. ...are you a fugment of my imagination? Wait don't answer that.
cancerriddenlung
I like you better this way. Hehehehehe.....