F is for FAMOUS

Knit Your Own Dishrag

Instructions for knitting your own Orange Alligator dishrag are listed below:
Use the Sugar'n Cream brand cotton yarn and size 8 (5 mm) needles.

Cast on 4 stitches
Knit 2 rows
Start increasing using pattern listed below
Knit 2 stitches, yarn over needle, knit to end of row
Continue above pattern for each row until total of 42 stitches are on needle
Then begin decreasing pattern listed below
Knit 1 stitch, knit 2 stitches together, yarn over needle, knit 2 stitches together, knit to end of row
Continue above pattern for each row until 5 stitches left on needle
Then knit one row.
To bind off, slip 1st stitch to other needle, knit the 2nd stitch.
Slip 1st stitch over the 2nd and remove from the needle
Knit next stitch, then slip it over the other stitch and remove it from the needle
Continue until you can make a slip knot.

Using a darning or embroidery needle, weave the loose ends into the cloth splitting stitches as you go.

Please note: If Laura ORANGE taught you how to knit the above Freeform, you're not knitting, you're knotting.

Choose Your Own Adventure

All right all you ORANGE Alligator Adventurers...It's time to start getting excited about our forthcoming adventure...In an effort to increase anticipation, I thought I'd hearken back to several ORANGE Alligator Adventures of the past to give you a sense of what is in store for you should you choose this adventure...

Scenario 1: The Outhouse
You step into a darkened biffy to change from your shorts into pants. You notice an odd smell but laugh to yourself as you remind yourself that you're in a Port-a-Potty. You shimmy out of your shorts carefully in the tiny space utilizing your sweet new flip-flops purchased for the adventure when suddenly you halt in complete terror. Your flip-flop has just left a bit of debris on your leg of unknown origin. Your brain works quickly to devise a response. If you choose to run screaming from the outhouse, turn to page 4. If you quietly exit the outhouse with a look of disgust barely contained, turn to page 8. If you turn on your headlamp to illuminate the debris, extract your science kit from your back pocket, take samples of the substance to ascertain it's origin, and upon discovery exit the outhouse to excitedly share your discovery with fellow adventurers, turn to page 11.

Scenario 2: The Sandstorm
You've pitched your tent for the evening, carefully staking the edges of your tent into the soft sand on the island. The sounds of the sea from beyond the sand dune lulls you to a comfortable sleep in your sleeping bag. The muscle relaxers you've taken helped too. Suddenly you're awoken by the sound of a sandstorm that's just blown in, whipping the rain fly on your tent into a frenzy every five seconds and pushing the sides of the tent onto your head making you imagine that the islands wild horses are trying to step on your head. Each time the rain fly rises into the air, the wind whips bits of the sand island into the mesh of the tent creating a pitter patter of debris on your sleeping bag. You realize a sleepless night is imminent unless you take immediate action. If you choose to get up and attempt to re-stake your tent into the swirling sands of the island, turn to page 14. If you choose to speak commandingly to the storm reminiscent of Jesus' calming of the storm, turn to page 19. If you pull out your foam "F" and recognize the Futility of all efforts to sleep despite the fact that the muscle relaxers have made you unable to open your eyes, turn to page 21.

Scenario 3: The Strawberries
You've discovered a delightful roadside stand touting "Pick Yer Own" Strawberries and you decide to pull over and take them up on this charming offer. Your eyes glance quickly around the roadside stand to confirm that no curmudgeonly old man with a pair of binoculars will be spying on you through a trap door while you're picking to ascertain if you're making a light snack of the patch while picking. You spy no such old fuddy duddy and so choose to pick an enormous batch of strawberries (you practice a "pick-one-eat-one" light snacking mentality). After paying for your strawberries, you drive off, not realizing that the strawberries you've just slaved over are sitting in a bag on the roof of your car. Upon reaching critical speeds, you suddenly see the bag and it's bits of red gold flying off behind your car. If you keep driving, leaving the berries to get smushed by cars, and whispering a quiet "oh well, no strawberry shortcake at the campfire tonight", turn to page 27. If you turn around and drive the 40 miles back to the strawberry stand to pick more berries, turn to page 30. If you immediately whip a U-turn, return to the scene, grab the strawberries that have miraculously remained in the bag, chase off the giant ravens attempting a light midday snack on the strawberries strewn across the road, and carefully pick up each mangled berry just so you can have strawberry shortcake at the campfire that night and strawberries in your yogurt in the morning, turn to page 36.

Perhaps these specific scenarios don't particularly interest you...but they should because it's quick decisions in situations like these that make or break your adventures...so choose carefully and join us in this delightful third installment of the ORANGE Alligator Adventure Series.

On Sniglets

Orange Alligator Adventurers, I discovered this wikipedia entry quite some time ago which I thought you'd all find as amusing as I did...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet

Fantassateague
Asserchief
Hoob
Hypochristian
Fass
Fuhell

More to come...

Orange Alligator Folklore

Fourscore and forty years ago, our forefathers formed a fellowship founded on fond friendships, future fun, frivolous festivities, and flavorful food. So far, folks favorable to forge on this foray flew to the following fortuitous firths to further fun:

February - 2005: Pirate Adventure in Everglades, Keys, and Miami, Florida
May - 2006: Fant-Assateague Island, Maryland
March - 2007: Finding Freeland on Whidbey Island, Washington

Here's the story...The Orange Alligator Adventurers are a group of foolish freaks willing to embark on any adventure. Our adventures are sponsored by the letter "F" and the color ORANGE. Our mascot is Ali, a faux orange alligator from Gainesville, Florida. We love free finds and flamboyant flair.

This blog will feature folklore from former adventures and fancies for future festivities.