As Seen on T.V.

Remember this?  I remember it being called "The Looper", but it was apparently known as "The One-Needle Looper".  My version is much more catchy.  Catchier?  Whatever.

So I finally got around to ordering one off of Ebay.  I really didn't want to pay $15.95 for it, knowing that I'll come across it one day at a yard sale for $1, but with free shipping, I figure I paid about $12 for a piece of my past.  Priceless.

I went searching the internet for some information on it, and came across a very well-written blog post about it.  At the end, there were four comments.  One of them was mine.  I completely forgot that I'd done that.  It's been nearly a year ago that I wrote "I've been looking for one of these...!"  If you believe in waiting to purchase something to make sure you really want it, I must have REALLY wanted this because I've been online talking about it for at least a year.  

I remember it as a television commercial, similar to those for the "Popeil" products.  I convinced my mother that this would be a great gift for my older sister, the artsy craftsy person in the family.  It was always the coolest thing to actually see those "as seen on t.v." products.  To hold the Looper in my hands was like a dream come true.  My sister never did much with it, but I made many a 12-foot chain.  That's about as far as I got, except for the very tiny hat I made for Garfield Goose.  Back in the 60's and 70's, kids would send in gifts for Garfield and his puppet friends.  I sent in a very tight, not quite knitted, not quite crocheted, green hat.  If Garfield's handler, "Mr. Frazier" ever received my gift, I don't know because I never saw him wearing it.  After all these years, I still believe that he wore it one day that I wasn't watching.  

Never one to follow patterns, or directions, I kind of doubt that I'll master any of these groovy, swell and neato designs:

That's one heck of a bouffant!

And to think, all this from this little, unassuming little contraption:

And now, I must get started on that 12 ft. chain.  By Christmas maybe I'll have enough rows to call it a scarf.  If not, I can always make another tiny hat and ship it off to Sesame Street.