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My eyes are getting worsted

Well, you might look like an idiot wearing these, but at least they’re practical.

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98 comments on My eyes are getting worsted

  1. inkandberry
    November 3, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    This looks like a White Mickey Mouse.

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  2. EtsyBitch
    November 3, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    practical how? They don’t have any glass! They aren’t even reading glasses. Yokoo is to practical as tampons are to dinner conversation.

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  3. CallistaSkye
    November 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Too bad Halloween is over. They would be absolutely perfect for an Elton John costume.

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  4. MOOSEGIRL
    November 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    And so economical as well!

    : P

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  5. silky_byron
    November 3, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    Hey, it’s a photonegative of the panda ski mask! And doesn’t the model look thrilled about that?

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  6. Fae
    November 3, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    WTF.

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  7. love2seeclay
    November 3, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Well lets be honest – if you can rock that hairstyle in 2009, those glasses are MADE for you!

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  8. Hilariousness
    November 3, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Kinda looks like a will knot my husband had

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  9. abnormalsanon
    November 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    This should be cross-posted to Look at This Fucking Hipster. For real.

    http://www.latfh.com

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  10. sheshodesigns
    November 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    yokoo is a genius. and the absurdity of these glasses is fully intentional i’m sure. i want half the stuff in her shop. easy to make fun of? yes. better left unlisted? nope.

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    • Helen Killer
      November 3, 2009 at 1:57 pm

      No one here said any of these things were “better left unlisted”. That’s a quote from Entertainment Weekly. If we took the position that people shouldn’t list or make things, we’d have nothing to make fun of.

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  11. moi
    November 3, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Okay, this is going to be mean. And I know it is, and I am ashamed, and I’m sorry, and I’m warning you. But I can’t help it.

    Does anyone else think that the avatar of this shop is reminiscent of an uncircumcised penis? with a face?

    That said (yes, again, I’m sorry), she does have great talent for what she does-even though I don’t particularly like any of it. These ‘glasses’, however, are hideous.

    Far too out there for me, this shop is.

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  12. Hilariousness
    November 3, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Moi… the avatar…. I can’t stop laughing. Its a wee little weiner wrap.

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  13. Sharawadgis
    November 3, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    These should definitely be listed. Otherwise, how would we know that pompoms are “informal,” whereas plain yarn-covered glasses are for more formal occasions?

    Prince Charles is coming to town, and without Yokoo I might have made a tragic error in my choice of glassless eyewear.

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  14. addiosix
    November 3, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Good lord.

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  15. addiosix
    November 3, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    p.s. #14, you made me lol.

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  16. Avivafae
    November 3, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    Look out!! I think Lady Gaga and Elton John are gonna have a cat fight over who gets to wear them.

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  17. Jea
    November 3, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    Yokoo is yokoo. She’s very popular on etsy and does very well.
    But I’ve never liked her stuff. That was carthardick.
    And yeah, it looks like what Moi said.

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  18. Holly Weird
    November 3, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Fake eyeglasses made out of yarn? Is this shit for real? And could she just try to smile? Even just a little bit so we can see that this isn’t some kind of government torture technique? She has a look on her face like even she thinks they look hideous.

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  19. Monstrosa
    November 3, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    See, this is the sort of photo/description combo that tells a story. Caterpillar idiot could learn from this.
    Yokoo is wonderful, simply for existing. Thank you, Yokoo, for not explaining or justifying. For simply being a high end douche.

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  20. nickofthet
    November 3, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Yokoo not mykoo

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  21. pauldodo
    November 3, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    You see, I’m thinking- knit them into the eyebrows and there’s no need for those irksome arm bits rubbing your ears to shreds….

    I’d want them in black- oh, and another eye test.

    p
    x

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  22. worldfamousfudgy
    November 3, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    This is not a “look” that I would go for. But then again, I am not down with the funky-chunky knit, bowl-hair-do, uber-geek thing. As an accessory, I just cannot imagine that these spectacles would really ADD anything to ANY look. I can also not comprehend wanting to spend $65 to obtain these. Somewhere in Etsy-land, however, there IS someone who sees the magic. I just know it.

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  23. thembone
    November 3, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Ugh, thank you. I am so tired of people getting boners over Yokoo. All she sells are oversized, overpriced, impractical, super-simple knit crap made out of Lion Brand wool-ease (crappy, mostly acrylic yarn that is super cheap.) But because she has a bad haircut and quirky glasses, etsy (and apparently urban outfitters) freaking worship her. It’s hipster to look retarded.

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  24. ihatecowls
    November 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    and its a grey photo too……

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  25. ihatecowls
    November 3, 2009 at 3:04 pm
  26. everydaymama
    November 3, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    @ #24 thembone : Thank you!! You said it better than I could have :) These are so stupid looking, and deserve a spot here!

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  27. crapgawker
    November 3, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Hey! Yarn glasses ARE the new cowl!

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  28. StinkBait
    November 3, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Does the photo studio she is shooting in know she’s there?

    Criminal Tresspassing.

    Man that chick is wierd.

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  29. Stingray Charles
    November 3, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    I think that’s the cover for the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs CD.

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  30. sbarnes2
    November 3, 2009 at 4:53 pm
  31. holly
    November 3, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Am I missing something? It seems like all she did was raid the Lion’s Club eyeglass collection box, pop out the lenses, and then wrap the crap out of those frames with cheap yarn. I don’t mind some of her other designs, but these seem lame.

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  32. panik
    November 3, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Im more bothered by the ugly monk haircut

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  33. sweetbirdofparadox
    November 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Oh man, her shop is really full of great finds! Such practical accessories- should I wear this to work with the glasses or without?
    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26050945

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  34. Toes
    November 3, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    The ridiculous scale of all these items takes us beyond the realms of irony and geek-chic and into the realm of camp.

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  35. AnaDroid
    November 3, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    F**k. At least I realized that the dadaist haircut I once had made me look like an idiot.

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  36. Cold Salt
    November 3, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    Shouldn’t they be made out of black yarn? For that true hipster glasses effect, of course.

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  37. yermama
    November 3, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    #2Etsybitch: What are you talking about? Tampons at the dinner table? I always discuss MY menstrual flow with my family members…what’s wrong with that? It’s only natural.

    Mom asks “How are you today?”
    If I’m on the rag I usually say something like” Oh well, that time again, my uterus is cramping severely and the flow is like a red effing river”

    You mean you don’t do this???

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  38. dangerousmezzo
    November 3, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    I admire performance art as much as the next chick, but, seriously, that just looks stupid.

    I know I’m totally out of touch, but wasn’t Yokoo the one that the Etsy staff were mocking at their Hallowe’en party? Or ironically saluting? Or circle jerking? Or whatever hipsters are doing these days?

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  39. bloodorange
    November 3, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Ironic circle saluting.

    It’s nice that this poor catatonic girl learned to knit eyeglass cozies.

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  40. Betch VanDyke
    November 3, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    Look, I don’t give a shit WHAT you make, but if you’re going to charge over $100 for ANYTHING, it better not be made with Wool Ease Thick & Quick.

    Also – this listing was deleted. Heh.

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  41. Thousandaire
    November 3, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    She looks like the spaz girlfriend from “Real Genius.”

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  42. benconservato
    November 3, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    She unlisted it. She got all worried obviously.

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  43. HomeAlone
    November 3, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    I want to like her stuff because it’s edgy and I think I should or I’m uncool, but I have a hard time getting into her aesthetic. Mainly I can’t get past the haircut. It ruins everything else for me, I’m shallow that way, apparently. I’m distracted by thinking how pretty she’d look if she’d just do something more normal with her appearance, and wonder if her parents think the same thing… but then she wouldn’t be Yokoo I guess.

    Somebody will buy those glasses. Not me,…

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  44. Cold Salt
    November 3, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Maybe she should knit a Yokoo hair wig to sell with every item.

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  45. pug off
    November 3, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Congratulations Yokoo on your hard work; it has paid off
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokooyokoo/4015352250/

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  46. Cold Salt
    November 3, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    Are we supposed to feel put in our place now?

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  47. bloodorange
    November 3, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Urban Outfitters peddles cheaply made crap.

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  48. Lexiii
    November 3, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    Doofus.

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  49. kate103
    November 3, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    • Helen Killer
      November 3, 2009 at 11:10 pm

      Kate, It’s all subjective. There are people in the world who believe that those Twilight shoes are genius.

      I can’t limit myself to picking on things that YOU don’t like. I can only express my own opinion.

      If you want a site that’s always in line with your sensibilities, start one.

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  50. Stiflers Mom
    November 3, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    I hate when people can’t tell the difference between talent and pretentious ass.

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  51. kate103
    November 3, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Sorry, my comment really should have actually been directed more at the comments than the post itself– what bothers me most is the vitriol in the comments, not the fact that the post exists. You’d think that some of these people actually have Yokoo dart boards in their homes! The post was about the glasses– something that I’m sure even Yokoo would admit are silly– the comments should have stuck to making fun of the glasses.

    Attacking her looks is just vicious, catty and VERY hurtful.

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  52. Stiflers Mom
    November 3, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Oh go knit yourself a vagina. Try the Wool-Eaze Chunky, I think it’s on sale for $4.95/skein.

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  53. sar-sar
    November 3, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Yokoo isn’t “very popular on etsy” Jea, honey. Yokoo is shoved down our throats relentlessly by ADMIN on etsy. You know, that insular group of wannabe hipster fucktards who are impeding the ability of 95% of it’s sellers to sell their product because they’re busy featuring this pure shit 24 hours a day.

    Even Elton John would look at these and pass, there are no lenses.

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  54. LoLaLove
    November 4, 2009 at 12:52 am

    Oh shit – that was harsh. But true – she really is all over the place and her sales are absolutely nuts. There are tons of great knitters and crocheters making just as good stuff, so why aren’t they selling as much as Yokoo? It doesn’t make sense.

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  55. ihatecowls
    November 4, 2009 at 12:56 am

    this photo just makes me angry.

    its just soooo pretentious, i mean its not cool its not hipster, its just urban loft deluded *alternate* artist shit.

    And the grey photos shit me even more. Come on!

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  56. SarcasmRus
    November 4, 2009 at 1:29 am

    She’s a genius. She’s got Etsy featuring her at every turn, they are SO proud of their little creation- they made her, not her useless stuff.
    I’ve never seen anyone wear a cowl, nor ever a body cowl.
    She’s making a bunch of silly crap and laughing all the way to the bank. genius.

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  57. Monstrosa
    November 4, 2009 at 2:25 am

    oKay…. Now that everyone’s all upset, I’m gonna go crochet a cowl with cheap yarn. But it won’t be nearly as amusing.

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  58. addiosix
    November 4, 2009 at 2:46 am

    Re: #55 kate103 My comment was much more along the lines of ‘wtf?’ No vitriol spoken or intended & I’m standing behind that as my only chime-in: a big resounding ‘wtf? yarn glasses? no srsly?’

    That being said, a wise man once gave me a great piece of advice about the art life. He said talent WILL get you noticed, but if you can’t handle potentially having yourself out there as a commodity to be bought/sold, praised/criticized, venerated/nitpicked, then you need to go find a different…

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  59. addiosix
    November 4, 2009 at 2:47 am

    job.

    (it snipped me on the last word SO CLOSE SO CLOSE)

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  60. Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
    November 4, 2009 at 4:28 am

    GONE! “Home> Error Uh oh! Sorry, the item you are looking for does not exist.” To quote Sally Fields, “Why? Why? Whh-yyyyyyyyyyyy?” Oh, right, cause they were crap. Nevermind.

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  61. TheAngstyOne
    November 4, 2009 at 5:01 am

    @ sar-sar

    Can I have your love child?

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  62. Holly Weird
    November 4, 2009 at 5:50 am

    Kate, which is it? First you say that you “really used to like this site” when it featured more “inappropriate artwork, Twilight-painted shoes and mature keychains”, now you say you hate when people make fun of other people’s work. Someone put a lot of work into those Twilight painted sneakers and vagina keychains that were featured on here, but you figure it’s okay to make fun of them as long as no one says anything mean about poor little Yokoo?

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  63. sar-sar
    November 4, 2009 at 6:13 am

    #63 — since we’re both female I’m not sure how this is going to work exactly… but I defer the actually being pregnant part to you. However, we are not naming the baby “Yokoo.”

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  64. coffee and shoes
    November 4, 2009 at 6:40 am

    Urban Outfitters was a lot cooler before it was located in suburban malls. And are they really going to sell things like these glasses? If she’s selling them for $65 on Etsy, they’ll probably be like $80 at UO.
    Although they could be $0.99 and I’d still recoil in horror.

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  65. Me
    November 4, 2009 at 6:57 am

    Yokoo sucks.

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  66. worldfamousfudgy
    November 4, 2009 at 7:17 am

    These comments are killing me!! #28 and #30 are too much!!!!

    And let me just say that NO seller is “too hip” or “too cool” to take heat for producing over-priced crap and/or ugly/impractical/unattractive items. There are a lot of things which are popular ON Etsy because folks with this particular aesthetic and “look” are RUNNING Etsy. Not all of us buy into that aesthetic.

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  67. Cold Salt
    November 4, 2009 at 7:29 am

    Ah, the old, “It’s all fun and games until you make fun of something I like!” canard. Mean is mean, making fun is making fun. Why should Yokoo be spared?

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  68. fugsly
    November 4, 2009 at 8:24 am

    item deleted???

    Uh oh!
    Sorry, the item you are looking for does not exist.

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  69. sar-sar
    November 4, 2009 at 9:02 am

    Here
    http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=20307673
    some sucker recently bought a pair.

    I guess maybe there’s not a thrift store in their area where they could just go buy a pair of eighties glasses and get their nursing home grandma to wrap them with yarn.

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  70. Efit
    November 4, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Those are almost as ugly as her chilibowl ‘do.

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  71. razberries
    November 4, 2009 at 10:15 am

    these comments are great! lol @ # 2 and # 24…
    i look at yookoo and get hope that some day, somebody will discover me…then i realize i am not selling knitted glasses without frames for 65 bucks a pop.
    i personally love urban outfitters and would be psyched if they wanted me to design for them!

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  72. vangoghbabe
    November 4, 2009 at 10:30 am

    I’d like to know what Larry and Curly are wearing.

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  73. ardnas
    November 4, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Can’t say I like most of the stuff in her shop, including the glasses, but the fact remains:

    whatever else she may be, and whatever you may say about her designs, scowl, and haircut, this woman is a marketing GENIUS. [I'm a little jealous, actually!]

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  74. artistamuerta
    November 4, 2009 at 11:22 am

    Hey, ironic hipster genius isn’t free, people. That money goes to support good causes like neon sneakers, and vintage tshirts.

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  75. SelenaEon
    November 4, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    h i l a r i o u s. I appreciate the artist, but must admit that my style will never appreciate her style. OMGNO. kthx.

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  76. Diana
    November 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    I love the individual and creative comments she leaves for her buyers.

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  77. Sammy the Goose
    November 4, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    I’ve often wondered whatever happened to Pookie Adams.

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  78. Val
    November 4, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    My God it’s the seamstress from the Incredibles!!!

    http://www.allmoviezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/mrshogenson.gif

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  79. Monstrosa
    November 4, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    It is! No wonder she doesn’t make capes!

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  80. Jea
    November 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Sar Sar: Whether or not she’s very popular or crammed down your throat…the fact remains she’s seen and featured a lot and sells a lot.
    I don’t have a problem with her. I just don’t like her knits. Over priced, over sized and impractical.

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  81. frostypumpkin
    November 4, 2009 at 4:37 pm
  82. frostypumpkin
    November 4, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Hey someone already bought it! :)

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  83. Toes
    November 4, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    I am reminded of Flava Flav’s giant clock
    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=32873492

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  84. jamie
    November 5, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    I HATE THIS KIND OF IRONY!! even the model – do something that is nasty, ugly, horrifying, so outlandishly gaudy in the hopes of coming across really hipster.
    PUKE.

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  85. laurenjames
    November 6, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    These glasses are a complete rip off. The original is actually done quite well:

    http://i41.tinypic.com/33wwq9x.jpg

    http://i43.tinypic.com/2dj8i91.jpg

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  86. pug off
    November 6, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Purrty.
    #48 and #71……sucker.

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  87. i am bean
    November 8, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Dorothy Hamill is alive and well…and selling crap yarn glasses and foreskin neck scarves on Etsy!

    Excellent!

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  88. i_hate_cowls_and_owls1
    November 8, 2009 at 11:13 am

    Oh for crying out loud! Only someone that gets constant exposure can get away with selling this crap for $65. Her stuff is not that impressive. I have seen a lot of talent on Etsy that gets largely ignored. For the love of Pete….please give somebody else a chance!

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  89. beqi
    November 8, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Sometimes I think “Indie Rock” is klingon for “Ugly on Purpose”.

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  90. beqi
    November 8, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    That said, it is lovely to see Velma from Scooby Doo utilizing her artistic side.

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  91. The Blue Kraken
    November 8, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    eh yea I see her alot on the front page too with so much exposure. I doubt it will change really either.

    Be nice to have that kind of popularity, but that probably wont happen cause I have an opinion and a mind of my own.

    I’m not sure what hipster is, but if this is it, I’m pretty sure I don’t like it.

    Nice how she’s so considerate of those with allergies and tells the content or blend her “yarn” is made of in only some listings. acrylic yarn gives me hives.

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  92. somethinghomemade
    November 10, 2009 at 6:41 am

    Now I finally understand…#57 and #58, thank you for clearing it up for me! I figured that I have only had a couple dozen sales because my stuff just didn’t have the “it” everyone is looking for these days. I am not a hipster and I don’t make crazy crap no one needs and then over charge for it, so ETSY admin is not jumping up and down in excitement to ram me down the throats of John Q Public. I absolutely promise that if I get made fun of on Regretsy (fab name, BTW), I won’t cry.

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  93. tavi
    December 2, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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  94. LoLaLove
    June 12, 2010 at 11:31 am

    OHHHHH MYY GOD. She’s put ‘em back up people!!!

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/45555552/ooak-yokoo-yarn-glasses

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  95. eeyore19
    October 14, 2010 at 11:06 am

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say this girl has Asperger’s. I’m totally getting that vibe from her.

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  96. frigginflamingpileofhooey
    April 5, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    80′s Benneton’s wanabe poster child. All she’s doing is ripping off an 80′s Benneton look and throwing a bunch of ridiculously overgrown knits over everything. Good for her, etsy loves her. More power to her, I don’t begrudge her that, but seems like they spend all of their time featuring her, when as someone else said, there are ton’s of way more creative sellers out there. It is about recognition, and her hair is what is most recognizable, since she plasters herself in every shot of every item she makes. Yup, time for Yokoo wigs. Yea. She gets points for consistency. Now someone explain her “boys pee pee when they see me” t-shirts…just gross. I think it is some 80′s throw back t-shirt. Wasn’t cool then, just gross now.

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