We are discussing the resurgence of leggings.
HE: I think there should be arm leggings.
ME: Arm leggings?
HE: Yes.
ME: You realize what you just said?
HE: Yes. Arm leggings. They’d be like knit sweater arms you could wear with t-shirts. You know, arm-ings.
ME: How do you spell leggings?
HE: With two g’s in the middle.
ME: Okay. How do you spell arm-ings?
HE: With one m?
ME: No.
HE: With two m’s?
ME: No.
HE: With 3 m’s??
And this was my problem with the invention, the spelling.
There are TOTALLY armmings…only they are called either “wristers” or “fingerless mitts.”
They’re big in the knitting community. Seriously. Some of them are cute but like any “made” thing some of them kind of border on the ridiculous.
They’re useful if your workplace cheaped out on the HVAC for your building and your office is 45* for the first cold week of winter. I have several pairs that I’ve made. (They’re also useful if you’re a field scientist who has to write data on a data sheet and it’s cold outside).
ME: You realize what you just said? 🙂
I expect to see some knitted armmings now. Maybe a hot dog, a flamingo, or a snake? There’s fierce competition going on with the knitted dresses.
My desk at work is granite. I could use a pair of these in the mornings. Let me know when triple-w dot armmmings is up.
ricki — but are these long and knitted, going up the arm? MB wants a knitted tube, uhm, I think, that goes bicep to wrist.
No. I don’t know why.
Would he wear his own invention? Not in my house. Well, wait. That’s better than out of my house.
Although … wait. I’m having second thoughts. It’s Kathi’s fault. You could do some nice skulls or beer cans or cheese wedges (well, MB love cheese) for men’s armmmings. Claaaasy.
Oh, no. Wait. MB is correcting me, “A good manly navy with anchors on it. You know.” WHA??? Yes, Mountain Man, you are so very nautical.
Seriously, what is he talking about?? I mean, how ’bout a flesh-colored knitted tube with a tattoo heart that says “Mother”? How ’bout that, Nauticus??
There’s a 2nd Amendment joke that could be made here if anyone wants to give it a go. My creativity is shot (pun intended). Arm-ing the populace, etc.
Tracey…I am sure some knitter who is about ten times hipper than I who has already come up with a tattoo armming.
And yes, I’ve seen ones that go up MOST of the arm – maybe not all the way up to the bicep, but certainly the elbow.
Heck, if you can sew, you could probably make a pair…just cut some knit fabric a skotch narrower than the arm diameter and seam it. You could even use flesh-colored and then get some Pigma pens and draw tattoos on it.
(Now I am thinking of the “Anchor Arms” from that SpongeBob episode…where he sent off for inflatable biceps to make himself look buff.)
The first image that came into my head was a worn-out tube sock–you know, where there are holes at the toes so bad you could stick your fingers through them? I doubt that’s what “MB” was going for!
sheila — hahaha! yes, I can’t think of one either, but it’s there!
ricki — given my lack of seamstress skills, I think he’ll just have to let it remain an elusive dream.
kate — yeah, if that’s what he wants, he’s already got those.
I’ve seen tattoo t-shirts and tattoo tights. Surely there are tattoo armmmings as well!
And as for armmmings for MB, check out REI or some other sporting goods store. I once worked with a baker who had such a thing that she would wear in the morning when everything was still cold and pastries were being made.
One of the oldest goalies in our league has a set of ancient padded armings… They were designed to complement a chest protector, but be separate so as not to hinder movement. Basically, picture long quilted sleeves, shoulder-length, attached on one side and laced up on the other to adjust for the width of the goalie’s chest.
They had the advantage of flexibility, and if they wore out you weren’t on the hook for an entire chest protector. They had the disadvantage of being less-than-adequate protection from sticks and pucks. Put it this way – I can’t even find a photo to show you.
Okay, I had some time to google “armmmings” today. They are actually cycling arm warmers. And they’re not that expensive either. I think you should give MB a pair for Christmas! 🙂
http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=7&major=4&minor=1
And… I forgot to send you the tatoo sleeves. Haha!
http://www.bwild.com/taslcl.html
Sheila,
Here’s the 2nd Amendment joke.
My dad is a recently retired, career military physical therapist. He found it easier to work with his sleeves rolled up.
When I was in high school, apparently there were people at the hospital giving him crap about always having his sleeves up, and finally he replied to someone, “It’s my Constitutional right.”
“Excuse me?”
“Yeah, in the 2nd Amendment.”
“Huh?”
“My right to bare arms.”
(Cue embarrassed high-school daughter rolling eyes at yet another one of dad’s dumb jokes.)
Kate – hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Anita — Those tattoo sleeves are killing me!
Kate — What sheila said, and Bravo!!