The Gashlycrumb Crafties!*

A is for angela who fell off her sewing chair.
B is for big sister strangled by mohair.
C is for chicken goddess who unraveled away.
D is for dioramarama whose seams wouldn't stay.
E is for emma who choked on a steek.
F is for fluffa whose project couldn't complete.
G is for georgia smothered under some roving.
H is for hip to piece squares done in by quilting while driving.
I is for indigirl who drowned in Rowan Tape.
J is for joy tied in lace by mistake.
K is for kate who was struck by some Phildar.
L is for loobylu who swallowed polyester.
M is for mason dixon who were wrapped in afghan squares.
N is for norma who died in an accident involving a spinning wheel and her hair.
O is for oliewogs done in with a stitch marker.
P is for purls before swine trampled flat in a yarn store.
Q is for queer joe who sank in sweater production.
R is for rostitchery consumed by stash reduction.
S is for sheila who perished in mittens.
T is for tangled threads whose needles flew into bits.
U is for knit u who felted down a drain.
V is for vera squashed under a skein.
W is for wee wonderfuls embedded in glue.
X is for xtreme knitting devoured by a poncho.
Y is for yarn harlot whose fringe was knocked in.
Z is for zen needle who swallowed a pin.
*Please forgive me if your name appears here and you have absolutely no idea who I am and that I appear to have written about you in some catastrophic situation. The management wishes these crafting demises on no one. The management also wishes to acknowledge that yes, she knows that Edward Gorey, wherever he may be, is probably rolling his eyes, and that yes, she is aware that she is a sucky poet. She is a knitter not a rhymer.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
xxoo
Posted by Angela at October 30, 2005 08:47 PMIf it makes you feel better, your Halloween tribute is better than some of the papers my college students have turned in to me. "A" for effort.
Posted by: Kymm at October 31, 2005 12:07 AMAs a HUGE Gorey fan and rabid knitter, I love your Halloween post!
Posted by: Brynne at October 31, 2005 12:17 PMI lost my H line!
I love Gorey and the Tinies. I wanted (did I tell you this last year?) to put a poster of that in dd's room when she was born, but the Husband put the kibosh on that one.
Package going out to you tomorrow. Finally.
Posted by: Heels at October 31, 2005 04:12 PMToo cool! I was actually unravelling a lot the other day, so you're practically psychic!
Posted by: The Chickengoddess at November 2, 2005 06:13 AM