Why would this be her fault? The inspiration came from her pattern! I never would have thought of knitting an alpaca alpaca on my own if I had not seen Zeke the Aloof Alpaca. Beyond that, I'm thinking I'm going to certainly need a llama llama. Specifically I must create Coquena, The Llama. She's adorable, with or without her peruvian hat. Definitely cute enough to crochet, but perhaps this will be the first time I attempt to convert a crochet pattern into knitting. From there, I'll likely be compelled to knit a bison bison, an angora angora... or would that be a mohair angora, or angora rabbit? Maybe one of each kind if I can figure it out. Surely there must be a camel camel in this menagerie. Perhaps I can limit myself to animals and won't have to produce knit corn from corn or bamboo with bamboo. Otherwise, this could go on forever.
I suppose the reason I must do this is the same reason I will someday knit a set of dissected frog and lab rat specimens. I don't know if this compulsion comes from novelty, irony, or just a strange sense of humor. Fortunately I think I can bear to skip the fetal pig and alligator, so I'm not disappointed to find those patterns missing. I can't say exactly what makes the frog and rat essential and the alligator and pig too much. I've always been a bit weird. There's just no helping or explaining that, I guess.
Alpaca Alpaca to be |
ETA: I can be sure I won't be tempted to knit a vicuna vicuna at $300 per skein! It's good to know there's a limit to my new obsession.
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