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		More: Amusing, rocking chairs, Live in New York City, West Cape May, scarfs, midnight knitter, lamps, boroughs, Diane Flanegan

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yogaFLAME

2010-03-10 05:36:28 PM

.. and I go, Yeah baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Knitter what Knits at Midnight!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

penthesilea

2010-03-10 05:48:19 PM

Knitta, please.

geekyspice

2010-03-10 05:59:31 PM

Over in 1. Came to say that, I leave satisfied.

Osomatic

2010-03-10 07:05:44 PM

yogaFLAME: .. and I go, Yeah baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Knitter what Knits at Midnight!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Purls of wisdom indeed. (And I *do* like the cut of your jib.)

rcain

2010-03-10 07:15:19 PM

"I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do,"

I've got good money that says someone's house is about to get knitted

Earguy

2010-03-10 07:33:30 PM

As a local, I think this should be like the guy who puts roses on Edgar Allan Poe's grave. Don't try to solve the mystery, just enjoy it.

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 08:51:26 PM

They ain't gonna catch me, no.
Ain't gonna catch the midnight knitter.

Honest Bender

2010-03-10 08:54:14 PM

I'm a smoker
I'm a joker
I'm a midnight.... kniiitter

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 08:58:33 PM

The trees are trying out for the remake of Flashdance.

discgolfguru

2010-03-10 08:58:36 PM

Worst super villain ever.

KhamanV

2010-03-10 09:00:39 PM

This is not a new thing. Guerrilla knitters have been at it for a while. Know a chick that put an obnoxiously bright knit cozy on a metal knob because someone whacked their leg on it.

Seacop

2010-03-10 09:01:02 PM

Ewwwwww Cape May.

/That is all.

konakona

2010-03-10 09:05:08 PM

rcain: "I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do,"

Isn't that exactly what public spaces are for? So people can go in and do what they want to do?

jaytkay

2010-03-10 09:05:38 PM

How long would that take to make, a six-foot knit tube around a light-pole?

Is it an entertaining lark or a freaky obsession?

taurusowner

2010-03-10 09:06:28 PM

On the case

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 09:07:20 PM

konakona: rcain: "I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do,"

Isn't that exactly what public spaces are for? So people can go in and do what they want to do?

HAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAA ....

Stop ... You're killing me ...

StainedGlassRuby

2010-03-10 09:08:07 PM

Earguy: As a local, I think this should be like the guy who puts roses on Edgar Allan Poe's grave. Don't try to solve the mystery, just enjoy it.

No one put roses or liquor on his grave this year :(

Clete Orris

2010-03-10 09:09:08 PM

Osomatic: yogaFLAME: .. and I go, Yeah baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Knitter what Knits at Midnight!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Purls of wisdom indeed. (And I *do* like the cut of your jib.)

Damn. Someone scarfed up all the good puns. I sure hope you feel cozy... You sure deserve a swift kick in the crochet.

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 09:11:03 PM

Clete Orris: Osomatic: yogaFLAME: .. and I go, Yeah baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Knitter what Knits at Midnight!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Purls of wisdom indeed. (And I *do* like the cut of your jib.)

Damn. Someone scarfed up all the good puns. I sure hope you feel cozy... You sure deserve a swift kick in the crochet.

Don't sweater it.

Mock26

2010-03-10 09:12:22 PM

Why is the only negative comment from a man?

tukatz

2010-03-10 09:13:56 PM

"I think they're actually going out and knitting in the middle of the night. That's weird and that's why people like it," Flanegan said.

I doubt they're actually knitting at the park. That would Speed Knitting.

Axe Wound

2010-03-10 09:14:44 PM

Oh, I love yarnbombing! I've been considering doing it around the hood but my knittas don't understand why I'd want to.

I love the bus cozy on what used to be knittaplease.

/Urm, voting?

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 09:15:24 PM

Mock26: Why is the only negative comment from a man?

Chicks dig that.

rcain

2010-03-10 09:16:03 PM

tukatz: "I think they're actually going out and knitting in the middle of the night. That's weird and that's why people like it," Flanegan said.

I doubt they're actually knitting at the park. That would Speed Knitting.

They've got only 4 years till the 2014 Winter Olympics, where else are the Speed Knitting team supposed to practice?

cowgirl toffee

2010-03-10 09:16:24 PM

Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

katrina_666

2010-03-10 09:17:37 PM

Two yarn crafting stories in one day? Nice!

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 09:18:34 PM

cowgirl toffee: Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

Of the necklace variety.

Seacop

2010-03-10 09:18:49 PM

cowgirl toffee: Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

Pearling sounds dirty.

Benevolent Misanthrope

2010-03-10 09:20:52 PM

One neighbor, Mark Lukas, who has a house across the street but also lives in New York City, disapproves. He said Christo's "The Gates" was amazing but noted it was "appropriate and approved." Lukas said the Shade Tree Commission should step in as the tree cozies hurt the charm and authenticity of a borough with old Victorian homes.

"I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do," Lukas said.

FOAD, asshole. You don't get a voice until you live there full-time. Don't like it? Go back to Central Park where the local "artists" just piss all over the trees.

^{/Fothermuckin' pompous-ass New Yorkers tellin' everybody what to do in the town they only go to because they think it's so quaint and rustic **mumblegrumble**}

wildsnowllama

2010-03-10 09:21:59 PM

It's stories like this that leave me in stitches.

okami36

2010-03-10 09:22:12 PM

They're just doing it to needle the cops...

okami36

2010-03-10 09:23:44 PM

Seacop

2010-03-10 09:23:59 PM

I bet the cops will be all spun up in a knit about thi....f*uck I suck at puns.

Johnny the Fox

2010-03-10 09:24:27 PM

Knitting after midnight
Purling to the dawn
Cast-on till the morning
then I'm gone, I'm go-ooone!

cowgirl toffee

2010-03-10 09:26:43 PM

Seacop: cowgirl toffee: Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

Pearling sounds dirty.

Only if you're with a knit witt.

nytmare

2010-03-10 09:34:05 PM

Ginsbergs Ink

2010-03-10 09:34:26 PM

Danger Avoid Death: cowgirl toffee: Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

Of the necklace variety.

Just got farkied...I laughed too hard at that...

pxlboy

2010-03-10 09:38:33 PM

Ginsbergs Ink: Danger Avoid Death: cowgirl toffee: Knitting and pearling only brings you trouble.

Of the necklace variety.

Just got farkied...I laughed too hard at that...

LOL

pxlboy

2010-03-10 09:39:12 PM

right on. guerrilla knitters.

cosmicgirl

2010-03-10 09:41:30 PM

cowgirl toffee:Only if you're with a knit witt.

But what if you're a stitchin' biatch? :D

/like myself
//there's a Doctor Who scarf taking up space in my stash box right now.
///12 feet and counting...
////SLASHIES!!

cosmicgirl

2010-03-10 09:44:14 PM

rcain: "I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do,"

I've got good money that says someone's house is about to get knitted

Too bad I live in the Midwest.
Step 1: Organize knitting party for college-age yarnbombers.
Step 2: Collectively knit house-sized cozy.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit?

cowgirl toffee

2010-03-10 09:45:44 PM

cosmicgirl: cowgirl toffee:Only if you're with a knit witt.

But what if you're a stitchin' biatch? :D

/like myself
//there's a Doctor Who scarf taking up space in my stash box right now.
///12 feet and counting...
////SLASHIES!!

If you like crochet, does that make you happy hooker? :)

kidding. :)

Danger Avoid Death

2010-03-10 09:47:41 PM

When knitting goes horribly overboard:

3.bp.blogspot.com

pxlboy

2010-03-10 09:48:07 PM

cosmicgirl: rcain: "I don't think it's appropriate. It's a public space and people should not be able to go in and do what they want to do,"

I've got good money that says someone's house is about to get knitted

Too bad I live in the Midwest.
Step 1: Organize knitting party for college-age yarnbombers.
Step 2: Collectively knit house-sized cozy.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit?

if you do this, you should post it up for Fark to see

Clete Orris

2010-03-10 09:48:33 PM

cowgirl toffee: cosmicgirl: cowgirl toffee:Only if you're with a knit witt.

But what if you're a stitchin' biatch? :D

/like myself
//there's a Doctor Who scarf taking up space in my stash box right now.
///12 feet and counting...
////SLASHIES!!

If you like crochet, does that make you happy hooker? :)

~~kidding~~ needling. :)

FTFY

Ginsbergs Ink

2010-03-10 09:53:03 PM

Got a guerrilla knitter next to me....pics soon to follow...

/she knits so she doesnt kill people

EviLincoln

2010-03-10 09:54:11 PM

Unless they're knitting trip lines, I don't see what the problem is.

Clete Orris

2010-03-10 09:55:36 PM

sew what?

the_vicious_fez

2010-03-10 09:58:45 PM

The only thing that I'd get slightly worried about is whether or not the cozies get removed in a timely fashion. Sure, they're bright and cheery now, but 3 months of rain and sun and Cape May salt water spunk and those things will be worse than college dorm bath mats.

cowgirl toffee

2010-03-10 10:01:49 PM

EviLincoln: Unless they're knitting trip lines, I don't see what the problem is.

She could have dropped her stitches.
That could be a problem.

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