the blue blog archives: this tuesday is not knitalong day

We got back from the weekend wedding late last night, so I had no time to prepare a sock update for today. Wednesday will have to be knitalong day this week. This Tuesday I bring you more wedding pics and a very litte knitting.

The bride and groom couldn't decide whose side the boys were on, so they split them up. B in yellow on the groom's team and S in red on Shannon's.

the groom needed more players, so hubby got a quick lesson in batting
(what a trooper - they don't even have softball in Germany, so he's never played)

Yes, I am actually knitting their costumes. How dumb was that idea?! I just couldn't stop thinking about how to make something for the boys with that Fun Fur that they always play with when we go to the crap store. More details on the costumes later...

posted by alison at 9:55 am | in halloween things , just blogging 05

Comments

Cookie Monster? Some sort of muppet ... or maybe a dust mop .... good thing you knit quickly! Her Ladyship wants to be a werewolf, and I admit that I thought about knitting the head piece ... but then I didn't. You are braver than I.

Posted by: Ruth at October 11, 2005 10:35 AM

Mazel Tov to Shannon! That looks like a cool costume in the works, and definitely like a muppet. I like the chuppah. Was it batik?

Posted by: eli at October 11, 2005 10:41 AM

Actually, this may be the one legitimate use of fun fur. Can't wait to see the costumes.

Posted by: Leisel at October 11, 2005 10:42 AM

Blue from Blue's Clues?

My kids are getting hand-knit costumes as well. Well, just Teletubbie hats.

Posted by: Christy at October 11, 2005 10:46 AM

Thing One and Thing Two wigs/hats?

Posted by: Deanna at October 11, 2005 11:10 AM

Eli, the chuppah was made by the groom's mother. She's an incredible quilter and sewed all the hand-dyed silks into an amazing pattern of fall leaves.

Posted by: alison at October 11, 2005 11:15 AM

I'm guessing that you are making monster costumes from Monster's Inc. Add some purple to that blue and you've got Sully.

Posted by: Jayme at October 11, 2005 11:44 AM

My first thought was Cookie Monster. Are they going to be Sesame Street characters?

Posted by: Saun at October 11, 2005 12:11 PM

I so hope it's Thing 1 & Thing 2.

Posted by: Lauren at October 11, 2005 12:18 PM

yippee - my socks arrived over the weekend, just in time for the quick weather change. I'll post pics on my blog, but wanted to let you know that I'm all set!

Posted by: amy at October 11, 2005 12:37 PM

I'm also betting on Thing 1 and Thing 2. I started to make the very same hats for my twins, but neither one would wear it! So they are pumpkins again in the same pumpkin sweaters and hats that they were last year.

Posted by: Joan at October 11, 2005 1:28 PM

A jewish wedding huh...I never would have guessed =)
Mazal Tov.
I love that blue fur...can't wait to see what you are making. I've begun wondering what will my son go as for Haloween...

Posted by: Orli at October 11, 2005 1:30 PM

Scully! That's what I thought of when I saw all that blue, shaggy fur. Not quite crazy enough to knit up Halloween costumes, but I do stitch em up each year, so would that make me *partially* crazy?

Posted by: Kathy at October 11, 2005 2:09 PM

I am going with the thing one/ thing two theme...and I have 2 boys too...hmmmm (just not real twins, we call them irish twins)

Posted by: Christine at October 11, 2005 3:04 PM

Hallo!
We DO have softball in Germany! But it isn't very popular yet.
The ladies in my home town are something like the "German master".
Bye!

Posted by: bettina at October 11, 2005 4:03 PM

I asked, and I recieved... Thank you!

Posted by: Johanna at October 11, 2005 8:38 PM

What a lovely chuppah! Oh and I received a lovely thank you note from Linda-she loved the socks and they fit! The amazing thing is they arrived just before she movied cross country! I was wondering why I hadn't heard anything and now it all makes sense.

Posted by: amysue at October 11, 2005 9:41 PM

I was thinking thing one and thing two also. Blue wigs, red footed jammies, a set of twins, and off you go! What a riot.

Posted by: Ann at October 11, 2005 10:51 PM

Deeana, you're right! Although I really like the idea of Sully from Monsters, Inc. too. It would be fun to make a Mike costume wouldn't it?! More details on the costumes tomorrow!

Posted by: alison at October 12, 2005 11:04 AM

Woo Hoo! With the amount of play my kids got out of last year's Hallowig, I may have to make one or two of these myself.

Posted by: Deanna at October 12, 2005 10:26 PM

Thank you everybody for your kind comments -- especially about the chuppah! I'll be sure to pass them on to Jason's mom. I'm checking in from Granada, Spain (where I just made my first YARN PURCHASE of the honeymoon -- woohoo!), and of course Alison's was the first (and only) blog I checked. You guys can't believe how totally adorable the twins were at the wedding, and how incredibly well-behaved they were the whole weekend. And don't even get me started on Alison's gorgeous shawl! :) Hasta luego!

Posted by: shannon at October 14, 2005 4:01 PM