If you really want to get noticed, try crapping your pants on the bus. It might not be ironic, but it’s less embarrassing than wearing yellow spats to (yes!) work.
for what?! for that obviously HIGH quality yarn and lace…THAT’S what! how could you not notice the fine fibers!? and the LUXURIOUS lace!? but are they spill resistant? that’s my question
I like spats, and I even like this seller’s spats. But this pair…. yeah, it’s got the tp-on-your-shoe thing going on. And they’re pretty poorly knit for $80.
hm.. i love them. i think the photos are beautiful and a really great way to show them – i want the shoes AND the spats! except i agree, $80 is too much for ME but who knows who else is out there..
This made me laugh out loud… and then wonder what type of “work” you would wear these to… maybe etsy admin? demented tooth fairy? Doily inspector? Whimsicle-ogist? Cat Lady training school?
Cute (if you’re four years old, forced to wear more make-up than Maybelline can produce in a day, and paraded around by your fat mom at a baby beauty contest)!
I don’t know if she’s such a bad knitter, but choosing a yarn that is a thick and thin/inconsistent type does make the knitting look uneven.
And then with the bright white lace, green stitching, drab buttons…..(when compared to the lace and lemon sorbet yarn). Throw in a pink fresh water pearl…….
Ok. This is obviously too “fashion forward” for me.
I actually think that (yes!) some of her stuff is somewhat decent, but these monstrosities look like something a 13 year old would knit and wear. Why the hell would anyone, other than Scrooge McDuck, have a need for spats? If my ankles are cold, I put on socks or pants. Or if fashion is dictating and I’m going out for a special occasion, I just grin and bear it like a big girl. I would never resort to donning poorly knitted shoe sweaters.
I particularly like the third photo, showing the spats over white patterned hose. For some reason I keep having 1980s flashbacks, and they are NOT pretty.
I like spats. I don’t like these spats. I was perusing this shop a few weeks ago. Bleh. Pretty damn horrid. And it does look like TP stuck to her (yes!) shoe.
I think spats are neat, but these just… are not. She’s used some sort of homespun yarn that gets thicker and thinner as it goes, so her knitting looks all uneven. The color isn’t very flattering, either. And there is no way that the costs of materials and the time it took her to make this are anywhere near worth $80.
Wow, there are a lot of spat enablers here, do you also wear your spats to (yes!) work as well?
I personally was never caught in this awkward position, but I did see a girl with some of this tucked into the back of her pants once. How embarassing. :-/
#53: I don’t own any spats because I can’t wear heels (I have a bad knee). So I don’t have any shoes with which to wear spats. I still think they look neat, though.
Should you take Helen’s advice and decide to crap your pants on the bus, these could come in handy in the event that you’ve forgotten to pack your reusuable rainbow butt wipes.
Um…wouldn’t it be better to just buy ankle boots in the first place? These look like something she dragged out of great grandma’s attic after the moths have gotten there first.
Ugh – that colour is hideous – she should have called them Acid Spats – looks like the bile after a night of heavy drinking. And that is some serious cheap-ass looking lace and looks horrible with those shoes. Fashion Police – pull over – you are being cited…..
Did anyone else notice that she’s wearing nude pantyhose with her sandals? If you look at the last photo more closely, you can see the seam across her toes. Klassy.
November 19, 2009 at 9:05 am
First…egads.
November 19, 2009 at 9:09 am
second… who wears spats nowadays?
November 19, 2009 at 9:10 am
Lemon sorbet- a colour for all occasions.
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November 19, 2009 at 9:10 am
c’MON! the woman that wears these to work is definitely working (yes!) the graveyard shift at Shakem’s Gentlemens club…
November 19, 2009 at 9:11 am
Whoa, whoa, whoa… I initially thought these were at least a good deal at $8.00 then I looked again.
$80.00!! For what?! Egads indeed!
November 19, 2009 at 9:11 am
Looks more like Astrid Spat.
November 19, 2009 at 9:12 am
Speaking of bodily functions, these will make you perpetually look like you’ve got toilet paper sticking to your shoes.
November 19, 2009 at 9:13 am
for what?! for that obviously HIGH quality yarn and lace…THAT’S what! how could you not notice the fine fibers!? and the LUXURIOUS lace!? but are they spill resistant? that’s my question
November 19, 2009 at 9:13 am
I like spats, and I even like this seller’s spats. But this pair…. yeah, it’s got the tp-on-your-shoe thing going on. And they’re pretty poorly knit for $80.
November 19, 2009 at 9:14 am
cOrporate accounts payable jUst a moment- cOrporate accounts payable jUst a moment-
Those would look good with red specks on them…
November 19, 2009 at 9:15 am
Yeah, more spit than spat.
November 19, 2009 at 9:16 am
*spit take*
November 19, 2009 at 9:17 am
$80? For bile-colored yarn and lace things that’ll make you look like a fool? Pair it with some gloves: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34108846 and a vomit colored “scarflette” http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30122832
November 19, 2009 at 9:17 am
Hey, at least they’re not vagina encrusted
November 19, 2009 at 9:17 am
These have to be a joke?!
Who would seriously pay $80 for that?
Just hideous!
November 19, 2009 at 9:18 am
These are wonderful! I’m just happy mud flap man is gone…
November 19, 2009 at 9:18 am
I wonder if the spats match the drapes?
November 19, 2009 at 9:18 am
Finally, a product for camouflaging my cankles (yes!)
November 19, 2009 at 9:18 am
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November 19, 2009 at 9:19 am
Acrid Spit-$80.00 for foot doilies, what a deal, will go nicely with my butt necklace. Now I gotta get back (yes!) to work.
November 19, 2009 at 9:20 am
…however i do think the title is brilliant and i’m stealing it ^ ^
November 19, 2009 at 9:20 am
This made me laugh out loud… and then wonder what type of “work” you would wear these to… maybe etsy admin? demented tooth fairy? Doily inspector? Whimsicle-ogist? Cat Lady training school?
I suppose, the possibilities are limitless.
November 19, 2009 at 9:22 am
Astrid Spats sounds like an old lady that solves crimes before tea.
November 19, 2009 at 9:26 am
I bet Mrs. Peanut would wear these.
November 19, 2009 at 9:27 am
What the heck is Astrid anyway? Is it a colour? Style?
hmm… time for google
November 19, 2009 at 9:28 am
As far as I can figure, it’s a name… sooo maybe there’s a crazy lady named Astrid out there waiting for her spats to be listed just for her
November 19, 2009 at 9:30 am
#21 hahahahaa!
May I suggest wearing with this?
November 19, 2009 at 9:34 am
Didn’t Ayn Rand write Astrid Spat as the sequel to Atlas Shrugged?
November 19, 2009 at 9:36 am
Kamikaze Spewed
November 19, 2009 at 9:37 am
hahahahha. (yes!)
November 19, 2009 at 9:42 am
I do like spats. these are a tad granny-fied, though.
November 19, 2009 at 9:42 am
#23 RTS: LOL at (yes!) work.
November 19, 2009 at 9:43 am
Cute (if you’re four years old, forced to wear more make-up than Maybelline can produce in a day, and paraded around by your fat mom at a baby beauty contest)!
November 19, 2009 at 9:50 am
I don’t even know what to say. I mean, just…stupid. Fluffy-banana-cream-colored-Italian-wool-knitted-up-nicely STUPID.
November 19, 2009 at 9:52 am
These shats (yes!) suck. It would take me about 20 minutes to knit them.
November 19, 2009 at 9:53 am
#14, I never want to see “vagina” and “encrusted” in the same sentence again. lol.
November 19, 2009 at 9:53 am
“On the Good Ship..Lollipop.”
or is that..”’cause I’m a Material Girl.”
November 19, 2009 at 9:57 am
I’m waiting for the self-adhesive elbow patches. Because it’s too warm for sleeves, but I still want to look like a douche.
November 19, 2009 at 9:58 am
I just have issues with paying 80$ for ankle doilies that make me look like a Clydesdale.
November 19, 2009 at 9:59 am
It’s not the ankle doil……..OH GOD I’M SORRY!
November 19, 2009 at 10:01 am
Bio
I’ve loved art all my life! I draw, sew, paint, dance, photograph, knit and crochet. I am also an actress.
Of all of the above, knitting is my newest skill, and somehow, it was this that led me to Etsy.
Somehow I’m thinking knitting is a skill not quite mastered.
November 19, 2009 at 10:20 am
How fortunate for us.
November 19, 2009 at 10:35 am
I don’t know if she’s such a bad knitter, but choosing a yarn that is a thick and thin/inconsistent type does make the knitting look uneven.
And then with the bright white lace, green stitching, drab buttons…..(when compared to the lace and lemon sorbet yarn). Throw in a pink fresh water pearl…….
Ok. This is obviously too “fashion forward” for me.
November 19, 2009 at 10:36 am
I actually think that (yes!) some of her stuff is somewhat decent, but these monstrosities look like something a 13 year old would knit and wear. Why the hell would anyone, other than Scrooge McDuck, have a need for spats? If my ankles are cold, I put on socks or pants. Or if fashion is dictating and I’m going out for a special occasion, I just grin and bear it like a big girl. I would never resort to donning poorly knitted shoe sweaters.
November 19, 2009 at 10:39 am
I think this http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31611937 is actually even more appalling.
November 19, 2009 at 10:41 am
I would totally wear these if I were dressing as (yes!) Little Edie for Halloween.
(Grey Gardens)
November 19, 2009 at 10:53 am
I particularly like the third photo, showing the spats over white patterned hose. For some reason I keep having 1980s flashbacks, and they are NOT pretty.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/3637914643_f462b669e0.jpg
November 19, 2009 at 11:01 am
I’m confused. what is this supposed to be and why does she want $80 for it?
gaiters for high heels?
November 19, 2009 at 11:21 am
I like spats. I don’t like these spats. I was perusing this shop a few weeks ago. Bleh. Pretty damn horrid. And it does look like TP stuck to her (yes!) shoe.
November 19, 2009 at 11:24 am
I need these for (yes!) shovelling my van out of 10 inches of snow this winter! I will look so whimsicle!
November 19, 2009 at 11:41 am
I think spats are neat, but these just… are not. She’s used some sort of homespun yarn that gets thicker and thinner as it goes, so her knitting looks all uneven. The color isn’t very flattering, either. And there is no way that the costs of materials and the time it took her to make this are anywhere near worth $80.
November 19, 2009 at 11:52 am
Not convinced the horrible look of the knitting is the yarn’s fault.
November 19, 2009 at 11:57 am
Wow, there are a lot of spat enablers here, do you also wear your spats to (yes!) work as well?
I personally was never caught in this awkward position, but I did see a girl with some of this tucked into the back of her pants once. How embarassing. :-/
November 19, 2009 at 12:23 pm
At least she had the foresight to wax her legs. Just sayin.
November 19, 2009 at 1:26 pm
what’s the point of spats?
November 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm
#53: I don’t own any spats because I can’t wear heels (I have a bad knee). So I don’t have any shoes with which to wear spats.
I still think they look neat, though.
November 19, 2009 at 2:02 pm
only $80.00?…bargain!
November 19, 2009 at 2:26 pm
People — spats last looked cool in the 1920s. Just a reality check …
November 19, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I think I shall go purchase some nice fancy shoes and then place horrible yellow membranes over them!
I believe this shall bring all the boys to the yard!
November 19, 2009 at 3:01 pm
i think (yes!)these look stupid
November 19, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Oh. My. God. there are more of these!! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30416609
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27589336
AAACCCCKKK!!! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23145909&ref=sr_list_17&&ga_search_query=spats&ga_search_type=all&ga_page=&includes=tags
Sweet mother of god.
November 19, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Should you take Helen’s advice and decide to crap your pants on the bus, these could come in handy in the event that you’ve forgotten to pack your reusuable rainbow butt wipes.
November 19, 2009 at 4:01 pm
The ugliest spats I have ever seen. The only way to improve these would be to douse them with lighter fluid and set them on fire.
November 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm
#61: Oh dear god, that last link is horrific. Not even a spat-enabler such as myself can abide that one.
November 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I can’t beleive these are in at least two gift guides on etsy. Uhhh, what?
November 19, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Or you could wear this spat as a bracelet or a necklace!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=32473711
November 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm
‘My membranes bring all the boys to the yard’
November 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm
these will go well with the my knitting while stripping routine.
November 19, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Um…wouldn’t it be better to just buy ankle boots in the first place? These look like something she dragged out of great grandma’s attic after the moths have gotten there first.
November 19, 2009 at 6:46 pm
If, say, a person should light them on fire and yell, ” Dance bitch!” would that be consi…
nevermind
November 19, 2009 at 8:54 pm
oh no, make it stop, please make it stop!!!! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34887916&ref=sr_list_2&&ga_search_query=spats&ga_search_type=all&ga_page=&includes=tags
November 19, 2009 at 8:55 pm
can’t….loook…. away….http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34579745
November 20, 2009 at 3:21 am
I’ve never even heard of a spat! Ha, I’m sooo not streetwise…
November 20, 2009 at 4:41 am
I especially loved their commitment to excellence, when the model wore pantyhose, with open-toed shoes.
November 20, 2009 at 5:44 am
You don’t even get the shoes with those??? Where is the “Say what!!” guy??
November 20, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Ugh – that colour is hideous – she should have called them Acid Spats – looks like the bile after a night of heavy drinking. And that is some serious cheap-ass looking lace and looks horrible with those shoes. Fashion Police – pull over – you are being cited…..
November 20, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Did anyone else notice that she’s wearing nude pantyhose with her sandals? If you look at the last photo more closely, you can see the seam across her toes. Klassy.
November 21, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Astrid Spats, sounds like a band name, must be horrible because I’ve never heard of them
November 28, 2009 at 8:05 am
I would totally buy these! Perfect way to cover up my Tweety ankle tattoos for that big interview…
November 30, 2009 at 10:24 pm
if a legwarmer and tweety bird mated, i think this would be the result…
May 13, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Mop the floor as you go. Brilliant invention!
(Good gift for the Lazy-ass women)..
January 29, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Booties for adults? Crazy pressy for a baby shower! Might need to rethink where the ‘dot’ is in the price tho …