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The Hills Are Alive...With My Knitted Ponchoooooo...
Some days I wish I could have the kind of blind optimism this model seems to posses. The ability to just toss your woes aside and be completely carefree. I'd like to be up on that hilltop, all slaphappy and untroubled...whirling my arms about, my poncho flying in a freewheeling fashion. I'd like to experience this model's exhilaration...I want to have her joyous view of the world through rose-colored glasses.
Or I'd like to obtain the drugs that she must be on. That would also be nice.
Posted by Mary on January 8, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
Um... What sort of poncho has a high, drawstring neck and cuffs? That's just wrong.
Posted by: OzoneGirl | Jan 8, 2007 12:32:21 PM
Oh this is perfect for holiday bingeing. Looks like a sweater with the neck and cuffs, but can grow and you gain those holiday 50 pounds!
Posted by: Sharon | Jan 8, 2007 12:40:14 PM
My kind of sweater!
But I can't help but wonder what Stacy and Clinton of "What Not to Wear" would have to say about it.
Posted by: SageHen | Jan 8, 2007 12:46:25 PM
Just perfect post-surgically. And that's not a draw string-turtle neck -- it's actually a cervical collar cozy -- the fashionable alternative for those blah days recovering from whiplash when you have to wear a boring, medical thingy.
Actually, them model is very, very brave -- inspiring, actually, to go out a frolic in the mountains, given her impairments and injuries.
Posted by: | Jan 8, 2007 2:44:39 PM
Oxycodone, or possibly Vicadin. Although, heaven knows, the photography dept. would have had to air lift her to the top that hill. Maybe this is a hallucination and she is really asleep in the back of a van somewhere.
P.S. Ummm - wouldn't it be a clavical collar cozy? Isn't the cervix somewhat...lower down?
Posted by: infantkittensyringe | Jan 8, 2007 3:21:16 PM
Nope -- google to your rescue. It is a cervical collar of which I spoke.
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A cervical collar is a plastic, foam, or plastazole neck brace that can be rigid or soft and is used to secure the cervical vertebrae in the normal position. The term normal anatomical position, or neutral position is used to describe the position of the head, neck and spine in the manner in which they appear with a human body lying supine with palms facing upward. With the head, neck and spine aligned in such a manner, the potential for injuries to these organs is decreased.
Cervical collars are used on an emergency or long term basis to prevent cervical flexion, extension, or rotation. They are often used for herniated discs, pinched nerves, fractures, muscle strains and sprains (such as whiplash), or after an invasive procedure or injury.
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But by all means, do invent a clavical collar. I'm sure the world could use one. It would be specially nice in crochet, with maybe a nice eyelash fringed yarn.
Why, that would be almost threadbared-worthy (new term entering the language).
Posted by: | Jan 8, 2007 3:35:22 PM
Airlift her up there? Why no, they just tied a string to her leg on the plains below, got up a good run, and... voila!
Posted by: Jenn | Jan 8, 2007 3:35:40 PM
My menstruation senses are tingling! Somebody somewhere needs the services of...NAPKIN GIRL!!
And now I have wings, too!
Posted by: Inky | Jan 8, 2007 3:38:47 PM
Inky wins!!!! Napkin Girl!!!!! Too perfect.
Posted by: toiletpaper | Jan 8, 2007 3:50:14 PM
It looks like she's smuggling illegal aliens or substances across the border.
If you knit the extra large size, you can fit on average adult, 2 small adults, or 3 hobbits under there. It's also good for 20 kilos of the drug of your choice.
It's very versatile- just add a hood and it's a cold weather burka!
Posted by: Cathy Walsh | Jan 8, 2007 3:56:16 PM
If Lady Galadriel had given ponchos like these to the Fellowship of the Ring, Legolas could have just walked across the border into Mordor with Frodo, Sam, and Merry tucked underneath its voluminous folds. The orc border patrols and Gollum would have been so confused. "Where's the nasty hobbitsssss who took the Preciousssssss? We sees a nasssty fat elf, but no hobbitsss. Yooo hooo, nasty hobbitss?!"
Posted by: OzoneGirl | Jan 8, 2007 5:33:18 PM
Oh man, I'm having an "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" moment here. Curse you, 1970s! Curse you!
Posted by: telesilla | Jan 8, 2007 6:07:11 PM
The poncho is blowing but her hair isn't. I think they starched the poncho in that 'flying' position!
Posted by: sea | Jan 8, 2007 8:39:19 PM
This looks like the adult version of that "sleep tight" blanket for kids. Maybe they tie her to the bed each night, too!
Posted by: Julie | Jan 8, 2007 9:26:17 PM
I was kinda thinking straitjacket when I saw it, but I believe Julie's right. She's clearly happy and refreshed from a good night's sleep in her adult sleep tight blanket.
Posted by: Mimi | Jan 9, 2007 8:38:16 AM
Thanks for the laugh! I was totally singing the headline without even realizing it.
Posted by: Kerri | Jan 9, 2007 11:11:23 AM
That poncho is definitely 'wired'.......
Posted by: Marie | Jan 9, 2007 5:03:03 PM
Yes, thank you, anonymouus poster. I stand corrected. Actually, I realized my rash mistake about 15 minue after my posting. Sigh. "Not as smart as I think I am, not as bright as I used to be..."
Posted by: infantkittensyringe | Jan 9, 2007 10:11:52 PM
Maybe the photographer has just told here 'one more photo and you can take it off.' 'I CAN?!?!? WHEEEEE!'
Posted by: Kate | Jan 10, 2007 2:18:49 AM
I was thinking straightjacket myself... out for the day on leave with family and high as a kite on lithium. I an just picture her running around saying "I'm free, I'm free" and her family thinking "oh dear lord put her back and throw away the key".
Posted by: Beth | Jan 10, 2007 10:11:31 AM
I think the drawsting around her neck is a bit tight.
Posted by: Laurie | Jan 10, 2007 5:59:48 PM
In lieu of it being "DELURKING" week (or so I've heard, over in blog land) You are supposed to comment on blogs you read all the time but never say anything. I have never commented, so, I wanted to take the time and let you know even though I don't comment, I READ you all the time, and LOVE THIS BLOG! so, um, thanks.
Posted by: meleahrebeccah | Jan 10, 2007 8:21:03 PM
And I thought I had enough reasons to HATE that damned musical!
Posted by: Bob | Jan 11, 2007 7:32:27 PM
Contact...contact. Flap down, wings up, airborn!
Posted by: Susan | Jan 11, 2007 9:05:27 PM
This is who your model from the December 12th post grew up to be. Poor warped child...
Posted by: emi | Jan 14, 2007 1:16:30 AM
She looks like a sheet with boobs.
Posted by: Lois | Jan 22, 2007 7:13:51 PM
i actually love the poncho :)
Posted by: tara bethune-leamen | Feb 26, 2007 7:13:55 PM
Women are not, are fairly portrayed in the media
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