৩ এপ্রিল, ২০১৮

Sam Barsky, the guy who who photographs himself posing in front of something while wearing a sweater he's knitted with a picture of that thing knitted into it.

Such a perfect project for Instagram.

Just one of many examples:



I got there via "It’s Sweater Weather Forever/Samuel Barsky has gained a measure of fame online for posting photographs of himself in front of famous landmarks with his handmade sweaters" (NYT).
Mr. Barsky, a Baltimore native, said he started knitting in 1999 when he dropped out of nursing school at his local community college. Then, he was shopping at a flea market in Lutherville, Md., where he saw three women selling yarn. He asked if they would teach him how to knit.... At first he created nature scenes. But then he became taken with famous landmarks. “If I know my plans in advance I’ll knit a sweater and take it there,” he said.

৬৯টি মন্তব্য:

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

I wish Irene could see this!

madAsHell বলেছেন...

Where's Moe to have Curley pick two fingers, and then poke him in the eyes??

Oso Negro বলেছেন...

Well, ok.

madAsHell বলেছেন...

If I know my plans in advance

I've always depended upon the kindness of strangers.

madAsHell বলেছেন...

I must admit. That is the FIRST short sleeve sweater I have ever seen.

Rabel বলেছেন...

Hard to believe Sam has time for knitting, what with all of the babes he's slammin'.

JaimeRoberto বলেছেন...

Whatever floats your boat, dude.

richlb বলেছেন...

That's a true fellow Baltimoron there.

D 2 বলেছেন...

Well if I know where we're going, then I might know, what I'll sew
And if I know what I'm knittin, then my shirt may show, what I've seen
And we're not little children and I should know what I want
But the future is uncertain,
Give me time to knit it out.

Etienne বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent বলেছেন...

That's pretty great, actually. Eccentric in a gentle Red Green kind of way.

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

@Althouse, maybe she can.

I'm not a fan of short sleeves in sweaters. Ever.

Freeman Hunt বলেছেন...

Wow! He has over one hundred. Must be a fast knitter!

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

News, fake news and... Squirrel!
Or squirrely.
Thanks for all the mindcrap!

Freeman Hunt বলেছেন...

"Hard to believe Sam has time for knitting, what with all of the babes he's slammin'."

He is married and knits sweater dresses for his wife. There are pictures of these on his Instagram account.

chickelit বলেছেন...

I’m somehow reminded of Bissage.

Bad Lieutenant বলেছেন...

Ecce homo! Sorry ladies, this HHBL (hunka hunka burning love) is taken.

Fabi বলেছেন...

The world needs more Sams.

Christopher বলেছেন...

The curve.

Goes.

THE WRONG WAY.

Cooke বলেছেন...

He knits a sweater a month. I'm impressed despite the fact that I don't particularly like the individual sweaters and I actively dislike the ugly baggy (but not a raglan) short sleeve thing happening.

rehajm বলেছেন...

I hope he recycles the Hanukkah sweater...

He cheated on the Amish country one- it's more of a vest..

Trumpit বলেছেন...

I don't like all the hashtags - #MakeAmericaBeautifulAgain

Danno বলেছেন...

Is there a men-in-shortsleeve-sweaters tag?

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Seems like he’s saving time by not knitting sleeves.

D. বলেছেন...

At least he produces something physical rather than hot air.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

And basket-weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and...

Ralph L বলেছেন...

Just as well he didn't make the road straight and wide.

MountainMan বলেছেন...

So I wonder how long it will be until we see one hanging in the Smithsonian?

Inga...Allie Oop বলেছেন...

Sorry, off topic. Rebbeca Dallet, in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by a huge margin! Hear that Scott Walker?

Lovely sweater, BTW.

theribbonguy বলেছেন...

Toxic masculinity...is there anything it can't do.

William বলেছেন...

I'm sure he knits sweaters as presents for friends and relatives. Can you imagine they joy on their faces when he presents them with such thoughtful gifts.

the 4chan Guy who reads Althouse বলেছেন...

i sincerely hope this helps him get laid.

The Germans have a word for this.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Dummkopf?

Dave in Tucson বলেছেন...

Think you used enough hashtags there, Butch?

Big Mike বলেছেন...

His name may be Barsky, but the sweater is certainly barfsky.

Howard বলেছেন...

Woodcock!

Dave বলেছেন...

So, this is Pajama Boy in his 40s?

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Read some fun stuff here. Althouse is petrified.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

"Soon" Heh.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Oh, here's our girl!

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Everything will be alright.

D. বলেছেন...

Can any one commenting knit? Or you be knit wits?

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

All the knitters be asleep.

walter বলেছেন...

If we grade this art on a curve.....

D. বলেছেন...

So alot of knit wits? An Althouse thing.

walter বলেছেন...

Inga is wet with delight!
Yes..activist, San Fran money/values gal wins!

walter বলেছেন...

Pervy grandpas smilin' Inga!

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Never stick your dick into crazy.
Words to live by.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Slosh, slosh, slosh, slosh, slosh... mmm ug. Shit. Big sigh.

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Inga: The perfect wife for...

walter বলেছেন...

Did I miss Althouse's fisking of Dallet's extra-legal focus?

walter বলেছেন...

I blame Global Warming..dropping snow on the low profile election..swung by tide pod ingesters and still seething capitol singers

walter বলেছেন...

Inga,
Did you contribute to "Andy" McCabe's GOFUND mE?

walter বলেছেন...

(She's kinda busy right now)

Jon Ericson বলেছেন...

Here's where you should throw your surplus bucks.

Yancey Ward বলেছেন...

George Costanza knits?

chickelit বলেছেন...

WTF was Erich Holder doing pumping $ into the WI judicial election? And they bought that?

Fools!

walter বলেছেন...

Well, Holder is the Gold standard in terms of legal minds..(cough, cough)

walter বলেছেন...

(Inga's still busy)

Glen Filthie বলেছেন...

Well, if you're dumb enough to read the NYT, this is the kind of crap you'll come across. Really, A-house, if you want to turn your blog into some kind of gay internet bath house for NYC butt blisters and Cleveland steamers, please let me know so I can give it a pass.

Humperdink বলেছেন...

AA said: "Seems like he’s saving time by not knitting sleeves."

Probably no backs to them either. Has anyone ever seen the back of one these gems?

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

So I looked at his Insty account -- and he's using the same pattern in each of the sweaters. As the husband of a constant knitter, I know that saves huge amounts of time. (Ditto the short sleeves, the number of times I've heard my wife complain about knitting sleeves on small needles!!) But there are some long sleeve versions on the instagram acct.

I imagine, though, if you're knitting scenes of places you're going, and you're going there in the summer, short sleeves might be preferable.

Jeff Brokaw বলেছেন...

A male nursing school dropout who took up knitting and posts selfies while wearing shitty sweaters featuring landscapes with crucial details wrong. Ohhhhhh-kay.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

White people like ugly sweaters

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

Imagine going to an Estate Sale, and there's a room full of odd sleeve-less sweaters with huge neck openings, and the sweater fronts are depicting various scenes.

That's a room I would not enter.

Frumious B. বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
M.K. Popovich বলেছেন...

he travels too much

Be বলেছেন...

Oh my gosh! Mr. Barsky's one of the few reasons I visit Facebook anymore. He and his wife are Sweet. He's a pretty good cook, too.

I'm more of a lace / pattern stitch knitter, myself. His encouragement has got me trying out Intarsia (his sort of colorwork) for the first time, in making some simple-patterned children's sweaters.

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He is genuinely shocked at the amount of publicity he's been receiving lately; not sure that Mme cares for it.

funsize বলেছেন...

I knit, and I can definitely agree that leaving off the sleeves saves time. Sleeves are the black holes of sweater- knitting.