I know....you're knitting a car cover for the Jeep??

Has the Jingle lady from your building resurfaced yet? I'm kind of hoping she got run over by a reindeer last year.

You would look good in that t-shirt. We all should get one!

Well, I took a picture of my TV when I was watching Antiques Roadshow one night and there was a woman in the background knitting -- I was so psyched! In fact, perhaps I'll post that picture to the blog today, so that maybe you won't feel so crazy?

I have a screen shot of Rosie O'donnell on her first day on The View. My dh thought I was insane. The joke was on him; I AM insane.

I'll put it my blog, too.

Maybe your new project is something bigger, like a cool blanket for snuggling on the couch with cats & wine? Whatever it is, now I'm curious. Do tell!

That shirt's awesome, too - I've got to get one. Thank goodness people have finally realized that knitting is bad-ass.

I clicked over to the Cafepress site, and it's now saying that the long-sleeve dark T-shirt (like Lorelai's) isn't available. Booooo. So there must be a lot of GG fans out there with faster clickin' fingers than mine?

Try waking up with a 90 pound greyhound on your chest! It will give you more than a little heart failure.
Why is it the bigger the dog the larger the whimp.
Happy Thursday
Holly

Looked like Lorelai really needed to get herself a ball winder.

And best knitting-related line of the episode? Taylor's "Be careful! I know they're only for decoration but they're still sharp!" (on the gigantic decorative knitting needles).

I kept trying to read her shirt, too. I could read the "knit" part, but it took me the whole show to get the rest of the phrase. I live byt the "WWLGD?" as in What WOuld Lorelai Gilmore Do? And, sometimes, What WOuld Crazy AUnt Purl DO?

That shirt has been removed from Cafepress because of copyright issues. I'm sure some of you go to Craftster.org to check out the knitting section? Well the girl who runs craftster created that logo, it looks like GG took her image and modified it to make Lorelei's shirt. Then that person on Cafepress took the GG shirt and started selling it. The original design can be found at http://www.cafepress.com/craftster.85748014 Also you can check out http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=134903.100 this thread on craftster to see what Leah has to say about her design being ripped off.

Ginnie, thanks so much for posting about Craftster! :) We can use all the support we can get right now.

Poor thing. Don't worry! You're too young to have a cat-induced (or otherwise) heart-attack!

One of the reasons I have fallen in love with knitting this year is that I feel like I've discovered a lost tribe of people who are crazy like me. In a good way, of course. Thanks for providing a "meeting place" Laurie!

Hi Lauri-I've been a lurker on your blog for awhile now, but speaking of cute knitting shirts...I though you might like this one http://www.redcrossstore.org/Shopper/Product.aspx?UniqueItemId=53&Page=1&StartAtPage=1&SId=39788&LocationId=0 by the Red Cross. It's inspired by the famous WWII poster. I must have one for Christmas! I wish I knew more knitters to buy them for.

I would give my right - okay not anything really -

I just want to Go Home & Knit. Or go home and think about Knitting. Or just go home.
How long till Saturday?

laurie, you have a cafe press store and you work in 'art' (or something, i think?) why not make your own skull and crossed needles shirt with a witty, kiss-my-grits kind of phrase? it'd be original and you have a captive audience-- you'd sell a ton! 'specially if you could work the f-word into the witty phrase somehow....

Laurie, love your blog! You are a hoot and a holler and an inspiration! You rock!
Anyway, the comment I wanted to make pertains more to yesterday.For years I would take note of people knitting on tv, but I was dumbstruck watching Monty Python one night when two of the guys were playing old ladies and were knitting. But what I realized was that one was shamming but the other guy actually was knitting! And I noticed it!The hubby has always known I'm nuts but still laughs about how worked up I got about that!(Look, a guy who knows how to knit!)
Glad Christmas is back in your life - you just need to stay away from those running Vegas lights.

Are you knitting colorful leaves for your poor butchered tree? That would be festive!

I do not ever, ever want you to shut up. I was just curious, really, same as the other eleventy-one. Now I am far curiouser: WHAT are you knitting? Have you been assockilated? A grrl can dream.

If you're crazy for taking pictures of your TV and telling people about it then I am too (and I consider myself in good company). I posted some TV photos back in July or August. Of the temperature. For real. But I had a good reason. I live in Atlanta and Good Morning America was showing the temperature as being minus 34 degrees. I can assure you it never gets that cold in Atlanta in January, let alone in July or August.

I knit a dolly for Baby O for her birthday.

That I consider normal.

But when I made her a matching frilly skirt and bolero jacket,

I realized I had gone over the line.

Crazyland. It's a state of mind. Glad to have ya.

Any knitting is good knitting. Doesn't matter if it's buffalo down or yard-sale acrylic, it's all good. And it doesn't matter if it's a Fair Isle sweater that would make Alice Starmore crazed with envy or a wine bottle cover made to look like a poodle. And yes, I saw not only a pattern, but a KIT for said wine bottle covers. I think my grandmother had those. She certainly had the cutesy covers for the spare rolls of toilet paper. Lorelai Gilmore sure wouldn't knit those. Would she?

Just wanted to let you know that there are actual red-headed step children out there. Namely, myself. So there.

once i did take the photo of Kyle from generations. oh how smoking hot was he.. :)

There is nothing wrong with being obsessed with GG! For my best friend's birthday last year, I had our very own "WWLGD" t-shirts printed. And every Weds. we dissect the show--we loved the knitathon.
And why do people always talk about red-headed stepchildren? Why don't we ever hear about red-haired stepmothers???

I wondered how long it would be until the redheaded stepchildren came out of the woodwork ;) I bet $20 it would be in under an hour LOL

I love that all the bonafide weirdos seem to end up here-represent!

You lost your bet, but not by much! :p

heeheeee, you said "bonafide".....

tried to order the shirt and it is not available? how could your shirt be on national television and now no one can buy it? crap! did i tivo? nope. did i miss the episode? yep. so very sucks!!!!

Thanks for posting the screenshots, Laurie! Methinks I'll be whipping out the screenprinter over the weekend. :) While taking a knitting break, of course.

Drew - What's funny about "bonafide"? Me no gettee the jokey.

Purl - did you read the 20 pages of chatter on Craftster about this t-shirt?! Major drama. But of course, you didn't - you have REAL work to do!

hee heee, MonkeyGurrl said "bondafide"....

I've posted pictures of kids shows on the t.v. at least three times on my blog. I call myself eccentric because someday I will have enough money to have the title. I'm just in-waiting now.

Love Lorelai's T-shirt and can't wait to see your whelming knitting.

"Bonafide". He he.

If you start talking about knitting again, can you answer a question for me? How does one block a hat? I mean.. the fuck? I am confused.

Also, I greatly enjoy this knitting pirate from cafepress.

I am a lurker too, but I have come out to ask you one thing. 4:30 a.m.? Is that how early you get up all the time OR just now? Because I don't think anyone should have to get up that early EVER! Seriously, that is rough.

Oh also, I am 31 and I absolutely love the Gilmore girls. I am so happy they are still on but I don't love the show as much as I adore your site. You are the greatest! Thanks for being awesome!!!

My link failed. This pirate:
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/knitting/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_15476987/opt_/fpt_/c_360/

I get up at 4:30, because I commute, and I'm at work by about 6:30. Then I work until... well, it's been about 7 p.m. or later every night this week. Home by 8 or 8:30, then I have this other thing I work on, a project sort of, then it all starts the next day.

I am so tired and stressed out right now I might sit in the corner and eat my hair.

How are ya'll?

Why is LG knitting off a swift? Who _writes_ this stuff?

If taking photos of your TV screen and posting it on your blog (or otherwise showing off the images) makes you bonafide crazy, then count me in. Although maybe Gilmore Girl photos are in a different category than a basketball score between Bradley and Pittsburgh. Brad. Pitt. Heh.

http://tinyurl.com/yzgk89

Crazy, crazy, crazy girl! I'm convinced that "working a gazillion hours" thing is purely LA. I was just chatting with a girlfriend who's living there last night, and she was *just* getting home at 9:30. what happened to the pursuit of work/life balance? (Enjoy those 80 degree December days, btw.)

And don't eat your hair. You're too pretty to hack out hairballs. ;)

Doing good--knitting a beanie. Contemplating a trip to yarn store like a junkie thinking about the needle. "Hmmmmm..."
I see Laurie in my mind's eye with a huge project spread all over the floor. Cats are laying right in the way, because they are so helpful and they sense when they don't have your bonafide attention. Laurie is cursing this huge project, "will it never end?" It is like making a kajillion scarves....

Monkeygurl - if you pronounce it bone - a - fide. it sounds like bone, which sounds like boner which is funny. He he. I'm 5.

Thank you for the link- you are a goddess. I am already definitely whelmed!

OH HA HA!!

Please go see the wonderful day I've had today :-)

Do the words "toddlers" "full bag of Flour" or "Scissors and hair" or "Sharpie" have any meaning for you?

i'd decided long ago that i want to be lauren graham in my next life, so i feel ya.

finally delurking to tell you how much i love reading your blog. i'm still cackling over the hairstory. and everything you write about your divorce? feels so familiar. been there.

I feel exactly the same way about Lorelai Gilmore!

I haven't seen the episode yet though. It won't be on TV here until winter next year (like, August) but that's ok because I just moved into a new flat with broadband and my new flatmates also love GG and have downloaded it! So as soon as I catch up on the other season 7 episodes I haven't seen yet I can watch the knitting one!

I've always had a theory that Lorelai knits. We already knew she was really good at sewing, so why not knitting too? I'm sure she probably knit Rory's baby clothes or something.

Ok, not crazy - none of the things you listed equal crazy - except the one about going to work at 4:30 AM???

Cafepress says it doesn't know about the t-shirts - did you guys buy them ALL already?

I'm knitting...and home

I'm still at work. Feel sorry for me. LOL

Monkey... I have not read the craftsre drama... I'm swamped here at work. I'm sort of looking forward to Christmas mainly and precisely because it is a full day off!! I love my job, I am just very very tired.

time to go home soon, though :)

That is a hot shirt. It is very sexy.

:D

You knit?

Red hair tastes better. I speak from experience.

I bet I beat you at the staying-late-at-work, since I am STILL HERE. Ha, I win! Except really, that is losing. :(

Also, Leah from Craftster is totally sweet and you would love her. Her shirts can be found at the Craftster online store, and at Magpie, Leah's store in Boston.

http://www.cafepress.com/craftster
http://magpie-store.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=32

Redheaded stepchild:
Historically, some people believed that red hair is "the mark of Cain", the identifying mark that God put on Cain for killing his brother before exiling him and his family forever.
Because of that legend, in some societies a child born with red hair was considered inherently sinful and needing "the sin beat out of them".
Now, imagine having red hair and growing up in a home where one of the adults believed the above AND resented having to feed/clothe someone else's kid. Talk about bad luck!
Thus the phrase "beaten like a red-headed step-child"

I don't know jack about Gilmore Girls but I love that shirt!

Gilmore Girls, Ha! Wanna feel better? I've been identifying with Laura Spencer (yup, General Hospital) for a while now. Pity she's now (again) crazy, catatonic in a chair...whew, I need a life!

I once took a picture of Reese Witherspoon in a knitted beanie off my tv to my knit shop, and they looked at me like I had lost my mind...I haven't been back to that shop since. I also try tivo-ing from my hotel room, and it is very frustrating. I can hardly wait to get back home to my tivo remote.

I live in Eastern Europe and I take pictures of my TV all the time. Mostly weather girls - they can wear the most hysterical outfits. And on TV!!

Date me ??
I mean .. " be " my internet girlfriend !
PLEASE ?
You are SOOooooo COOL !
:-P

wine and knitting swap?
http://knitqmb.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/11/17/the-dirty-knitter-swap.html

For all you guys, the reason that shirt is unavailable is because it was a copyright infringement, not sold out due to the popularity of the show.

For the original shirt, alas minus the knit or go home part use the link in Ginnie's comment above, or search cafepress for craftster. If any of you decide to recreate the shirt, PLEASE for Leah and her husband's (the origininal creators of the knitting pirate logo) sakes, please don't use the same or similar skull. The proceeds from the shirts go towards running craftster.org which I'm sure many of you are at least lurkers on, if not members of and therefore would love to support. Leah also has Sewing Pirate and Crochet Pirate shirts available on her store.

Crazy Aunt Purl, I'm sure all craftsters would appreciate if you would actually put this info into your post, since I'm not sure how many people will read this comment, at least the reason why the other shirt was taken down, and a request that people buy the real knitting pirate shirts rather than knockoffs.

Thanks for the GG rundown. Haven't been watching lately, kind of like the earlier years better.

WWLD? All I know is that she made me a WAY better Mom! I'm all for TV characters contributing to our lives! Now, knit or go home!! :-)

There's another skull & cross-needles shirt on CafePress that says "Surrender yer Yarn." That made me LOL.

Crazy is when you start stopping strangers in the middle of the road and asking them what Lorelei would do about gale forced winds and could they give you a lift to Stars Hollow?

Oh, and maybe doing this while wearing all (and I do mean ALL) the glittery make-up you own and maybe pulling out some of the fancy duds we all wore in the 80s?

Crazy is hard to be defined as when you're in LA, you know.

I am visiting my mother in New York and this is her favorite show, so I watched it for the first time with her -- so I actually know what you are talking about! And Lorelei is pretty cute, so I might watch it again.

Dude, she can knit!! Cool.
:)

Have a great time with Drew this weekend!!! Has the Sobakowa been notified of his imminent arrival?

i took tv shots of zinedine zindane during the finals. he's *hot*.

sign.

CAP, don't eat your hair. you will surely get a "hairball" in your throat! your work day is mightly long. are you knitting on the commute these days?
i agree, you should design your own cafepress t-shirts. just put the linky dink in your sidebar and let the orders roll in :)
and, i take pictures of my tv sometimes too ... just check out 'the great pumpkin charlie brown' ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54706746@N00/281716428/
ps. how do you avoid the lines in your "on screen" photos ?!

ps. i'm REALLY GLAD no one did the "i'm first" happy dance !!!

Can't wait to see the knitting. Do you know Kay Hanley (from former Boston band Letters to Cleo)? You look like her. And she's whipsmart and funny like you, too. I've recently gotten a couple of co-workers and their knitting friends hooked on Crazy Aunt Purl. They love it.

http://www.kayhanley.com/

Nahhhh.. no one's concerned about your knitting habits.. You now have better things to do.

I'm sure that whatever you create will show your usual panache ... [just threw in that french word to help you remember your trip to gay Paree.]

I live where there is no TV reception so can't get absorbed in the GG's or Dr Phil!
The internet saves me from nearly total ignorance. You and Death wore a Feathered Mullet blogs are my first cabs off the rank.

Glad to read of your sneaky little dates... Remember if you think of co-habitating you have to let us all vet him first!!!!
Hugs...

As a knitter, I can find plenty of knitting blogs to read. I much prefer your stream-of-consciousness writing about life in general, and the photos of cats, store aisles, television, etc!

Hi Laurie, i stayed up til 1am this morning reading your blog and knitting socks. I find you inspiring, i may even be tempted to say Best. Blog. Ever. (so far anyway) :)

AM

I paused my DVR to get a good look at that shirt! :)

Hey Laurie,
Are you OK? I saw the news this morning about the fires and wanted to check on you and the furbabies!

So I missed this episode and I am pissed because I love gilmore girls and knitting and i was gonna program my VCR (yes, i still have a vcr) and everything and I still missed it. Anyone record it? Any one wanna share a copy with me? I will love you forever!! Post a comment on my blog if you can help me.

I missed it cuz i was at Think and Drink trivia. Happy hour at Winstons in Ocean Beach. We got first place, but I missed Gilmore Girls knitting, DAMMIT!

I want to move to Stars Hollow and open a Yarn Shop. It could use one. We could meet at the Dragon Fly Inn once a month too. Taylor would try to ban knitting in the public for fear of someone poking his eye out with a needle. I have at least three episodes in my head all around the yarn store opening. So you are perfectly normal.

You may have seen this, but my friend Kara (http://knittinglemonade.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/12/04/gilmore-purls.html) has a button for Gilmore Girl Knitters :)

Heyo out der, im new in www.crazyauntpurl.com .... well, i didnt know i should've come first over here n introduce myself to u ppl:) but here i am, a 21 years old Female, committed:) hehe, oh shoot u all gonna avoid me now hehe, nah I know u ppl aint gonna trash me right from da beginning:) im into makin fun, playin basketball, travellin, movies n music.. a chatterbox??? well...... maybe:) hehehe, nah aint dat much:)

I hope I'd be able to drag many funny things for ya'll !!
keep it real n thx for welcomin me in yr house as a long-lasting member:)
Peace ya'll

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visit Leah's new store to get/create your official "Knit or Go Home" shirt. "Gilmore Girls" used her design to create Lorelai's shirt. Now you can use their idea to get your own carbon copy:

http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=70592