Knitting might seem straightforward (I wouldn't know, personally), but Thom's isn't:

After opening, I was turning this every which way, trying to decide the right view.  Maybe it's a duck on a skateboard or scooter?  In walks my husband, who takes one look and says, "oh, OOB, that's great!"  We live in Old Orchard Beach, OOB, and of course, there it is!  Or is it?  There's a jag at the top of the dark blue first supposed O, and it makes one wonder.  It started to look like a C, and if it is -- and I think it is -- it makes the letters COB.  This would be short for Compulsive-Obsessive-Boob, which is sort of clearly explained by our discussion on Thom's blog from a week or a little more ago.

Here is the nicely done back of Thom's knitted piece:

One of the mysteries of this good piece of work is that it's shut on all sides.  And there's a card in there, I can see it!  From the front view, green letters can be seen, and so I'm left to wonder, What Is In There, Thom?

Last, here is an image of Thom's see-through envelope, which includes really nice stamps, an admitting ticket (I admit I stuck it back in there upside-down by mistake), and this free-floating figure bearing some resemblance to the devil, a bat, and an elf:

The thing is, at some point while writing this entry I realized that this figure has stuck on the end of its pitchfork ... yes ... a corn-on-the-COB.  Our knitted COB wonderings are over, methinks.  Thank you, Thom!  This came on a day when I've been in the middle of making a new piece for you -- it's still in progress but pressing right now in some antique dictionary with an extremely heavy railroad track piece on top plus a couple of SAD irons.

Yours,

COBby

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1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 1:22pm
(cob cozies)
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 12:14pm
real men knit their own..
Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 28, 2011 at 3:57am

I go away, I return, and now I am corn-feeled right up.  And look, it's getting late, and I am still awake and snickering -- I knew this was gonna happen.

Thom: those crocheted coral reefs are out of this world.

And now, thanks to SH, we have to think even *more* highly of Einstein.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 28, 2011 at 2:53am
all the pun-dits agree: you can't pull the wool over my eyes. Einstein was just out for sheep thrills
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 2:46am
i bet einstein was a knitter at heart.
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 2:46am

who needs chalk when you have yarn???

 

Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 28, 2011 at 1:09am
no knit-picking! "Reefer Madness" from Kernel Thom sea-riously cool.
Comment by Thom Courcelle on July 28, 2011 at 1:04am

Whew… good thing I’m just a fake then.  Though the anemone graphic on your reference book brought to mind the amazing crocheted coral reefs that numerous groups have produced.  Have you ever seen them? They are an outgrowth of the techniques of hyperbolic crochet patterns originally “discovered” by mathematician Daina Taimina.  Knitting and crochet groups have “created” whole coral reefs out of yarn to bring awareness for coral reef endangerment.  Some pictures follow, and you can see more here:  http://crochetcoralreef.org/exhibitions/smithsonian.php

1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 12:18am

real men build their kernels from source.

Comment by DKeys on July 28, 2011 at 12:16am
I forgot about that piece Lisa. It was part of a shrunken sweater. Not handmade though like Thoms. Iouma rules---such a close-knit community

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