Comments on: The treesweater

The treesweater

arcticwoman — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:56:33 -0800

The Treesweater Tonight while I was out on a smoke break, I looked at the tree and thought, "Man, that is one sad tree. It looks cold and wet and pathetic. It needs a sweater!" Make your own

By: philcliff

philcliff — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:33:21 -0800

I really want to learn how to knit now.

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:02:27 -0800

That's cute.

By: whatzit

whatzit — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:16:15 -0800

philcliff: my thoughts exactly.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:27:17 -0800

At the secret santa before last somebody gave me a pen with a sweater. Saddest Christmas ever.

By: rawfishy

rawfishy — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:28:32 -0800

my girlfriend just swooned when she saw that. I think she now wants a tree as an addition to the family...

By: killdevil

killdevil — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:32:00 -0800

This actually made me laugh out loud for some reason.

By: redteam

redteam — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:49:43 -0800

So is that the same tree as in the other pictures? Because this one has had its arm amputated! Poor guy! From the comments on the link, I found Knitta Please. That "Born to Knit" tattoo is so badass.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:49:49 -0800

Oh Turdblossom? Bring me my DICTATORSHIP SWEATER!!

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:07:04 -0800

A smoke break? Smoking what, exactly? :)

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:28:02 -0800

Depressing. Sorry, cute fans. I don't mind sweaters on people, dogs, cats or rocks. But trees? Ughhh. I would not have to be drunk to feel an urge to tear a sweater off a tree. Please to not anthropomorphize my friends the trees.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:56:27 -0800

I wish I had that kind of spare time.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:37:07 -0800

This actually made me laugh out loud for some reason. I know, the tree sweater combined with the "Lesbian Bed Death" headline... awesome. The "Born to Knit" tattoo in the link from redteam... is it real?

By: redteam

redteam — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:15:26 -0800

I believe it is, arcticwoman. I found it elsewhere. Found this one, this one, this one, and this one, too.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:16:33 -0800

How does the tree take the sweater off?

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:34:43 -0800

null terminated writes "How does the tree take the sweater off?" It shouldn't be a problem. It never gets that hot in Seattle.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:48:40 -0800

Knitters rock. Who knew? I am reminded of when I learned that librarians were cool.

By: Malor

Malor — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:37:57 -0800

It's a nice idea, but it's pretty useless without an umbrella.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:49:43 -0800

Librarians are hawt. Holy cow. I had such an unbearable crush on one particular librarian at the main branch in my hometown. But I was, oh, 14 at the time.

By: wilberforce

wilberforce — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:39:27 -0800

That's brilliant. Umm, pardon my geekiness, but I don't understand the topology in play here. For planning purposes, the branches and trunk of the tree (before pruning) can be modeled as extending to infinity. How was the sweater (we antipodeans would call it a jersey) applied to the tree? Is it really a cardigan?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:03:19 -0800

wilberforce: fron tbe iink: I went home and whipped one up, it only took an hour and a half to knit. Then another fifteen minutes or so, standing outside in the cold at half past midnight, stitching it up. she avoided the infinities, a powerful knitter indeed.

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:50:17 -0800

If you were particularly fierce, you could knit the sweater right onto the tree, right? Slower than the actual method, no doubt, but you have to admit the lack of seam would be mighty cool.

By: jfuller

jfuller — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:10:37 -0800

> I went home and whipped one up, it only took an hour and a half to knit. Then > another fifteen minutes or so, standing outside in the cold at half past midnight, stitching it up. Say what real parents say. "You'll grow into it, dear."

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:18:16 -0800

Japanese trees wear vests made of straw. (Sorry, couldn't find any better pictures on the 'net)

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:02:48 -0800

It's odd-- I don't like "twee" stuff and I hate that particular bright red color, but somehow this is working for me. You know what would be really twee? If I were to knit a sweater for my stone pig. Yet I can't stop thinking about it....

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:21:14 -0800

"It's odd-- I don't like "twee" stuff.." posted by Secret Life of Gravy. Same twee allergy here, and odd too that I refuse to dislike this as well...I figure it's the modesty of the gesture, and the thought that some kid might notice it and wonder if elves are at work. Hell, I'm going soft.

By: missmerrymack

missmerrymack — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:29:10 -0800

You should do it Secret Life. They've also tagged a stone at the Great Wall of China.

By: Marit

Marit — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:30:34 -0800

Hah, that gave me a big grin. I love it.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:47:40 -0800

Not only are there a bunch of hawt, young librarians in my town, but several of them knit, too. (The most adorable librarian in the world lives here, but she's married.) Knitting has been kinda trendy for a while now. See knitty.com and the popularity of the Stitch 'n Bitch books. I learned to knit a bit with an ex, but never attempted a sweater. (Note to single librarians: I work in book publishing and bake bread, too!)

By: raedyn

raedyn — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:20:41 -0800

I don't knit, only crochet. =(

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:11:13 -0800

This is great. And here's some meanie knitting art for twee-haters, from the comments at Erika's blog.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:42:03 -0800

They knit the thing, so it's open in the back, then they wrap it around the tree and knit shut the back of it. The "Born to Knit" tattoo in the link from redteam... is it real? The whole 'fierce knitters' meme is kind of overdone. I got my coffee served to me yesterday by a particularly antisocial towny with 'knit' and 'purl' tattood across her knuckles. My wife started crocheting. I watched her one night, picked up a hook and got started. It is fascinating, watching the thing that you want to make appear in front of you. But the time, jeez. Plus, it's not like I could tell any of my friends about it. Can you imagine? Sitting at the bar - "So, Balrog? What'd you do this weekend?" *Silence* "I...uh...I made this hat..." The only thing I'm even remotely proud of are my yarn-pants. And I can't wear them outside of the house.

By: trishthedish

trishthedish — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:45:33 -0800

oh my god! i must go make tree sweaters now!

By: fairmettle

fairmettle — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:07:35 -0800

I wouldn't be surprised if it's hard on the bark - retaining moisture against it. It seems akin to dressing up dogs to me - disrespectful anthropomorphism...

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:11:27 -0800

Balrog, you need to come hang out with our knitting group...we have several gentlemen knitters (& crocheters)! See also: Cleveland tree sweaters on my knitting site.

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:53:38 -0800

I agree with fairmettle. Just as I am against dog sweaters, so too must I be against tree sweaters.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:27:24 -0800

But not stone Pig sweaters, right? Right?

By: batgrlHG

batgrlHG — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:54:27 -0800

I am STILL laughing over YARN PANTS!!! Thank you Balrog, for putting all sorts of freaky images in my head...

By: blacklite

blacklite — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:08:35 -0800

The pedestrian gaped in surprise, then hold up his copy of The Stranger to the tree, confirming it was the same treesweater. Okay, that's hilariously cute. ... But how did she get the sweater on the tree?!

By: blacklite

blacklite — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:09:16 -0800

(Oh, I see)

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:59:30 -0800

I am bound for Asia, and will spread the faith.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:42:33 -0800

Wait guys, How did she Get It On The Tree!?!?!1

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:42:57 -0800

OHSS! I see.