Thom Courcelle, never a dull moment

[Nancy Bell Scott]

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

[Thom Courcelle]

Doh!  Lisa beat me to the pun...

[Thom Courcelle]

a-MAIZE-ing, De Villo.  Your insights...

[De Villo Sloan]

And there's a kernel of truth in the whole COB thing - not corny! First there was Major Tom; now Kernel Thom. Carnal knowledge and kernel knowledge.

[Marie Wintzer]

Brilliant!!

[Nancy Bell Scott]

By the way, Skybridge, that is a nice piece by Diane, and how timely of you to post it, thank you.

[Nancy Bell Scott]

Thanks DVS ... I think.  You're going to keep me up past 3 pm.

[De Villo Sloan]

Great blog, Nancy! You sure can spin a yarn. I think Thom's needling you.

[Nancy Bell Scott]

Ah ha, Thom, perhaps I'm the wiser.  And right now I don't even care who's the wiser or not, because I'm busy trying to shove your adage reminder into my brain for good, before 3 a.m. arrives.  It sounds right!  If it sounds right, it must be right! :--)

[Thom Courcelle]

Well, isn't the adage that 'one should always go to bed happy,' Nancy?  You are right about the knit-pearl rows looking like corn kernel rows!  I could say that I did that on purpose... no one would be the wiser, right?  :)

[PIRO]

lol maybe you can do a new zombiw knitting project and ask 200 volunteers to send you a black and red border knitted card for your king size blanket.  hi hi hi. My sister can help me out . i only know how to do "cadeneta"