at the library the other week, perusing the dvds, i glanced upon “The Drunken Master” with Jackey Chan. “Oh!” i thought, “i love that movie!”

Being in the mood for a good martial arts flick, i checked it out and headed home. SOP, upon seeing what i grasped in my paw said, “Oh! I love that movie!” and before the night was out we settled down to watch.

Strangely, though, pretty soon i was unsure that this was the movie i found so great. Sure, it was good, but it was well, different than i remember. SOP said, “Maybe i haven’t seen this movie…”

The next day i hit imdb. Sure enough, The Drunken Master, with Jackey Chan, was not the same movie i had seen, The Legend of the Drunken Master, with Jackie Chan.

Now, what has this got to do with anything? Well, this weekend i became convinced that Teva Durham must be a drunken master knitter. Just look at this:

inside out for special effect

Over the past month of working on this sweater, there have been a multitude of times where i have thought, “Wow! Now THAT is clever!” But after sewing the whole thing up (irregular rib raglan from loop-d-loop) and laying it out to block, i saw just how clever it was. Looking at this, it can be hard to imagine it fitting any normal human being. It looks to be designed for someone with a hump and a short stubby arm on one side and an offset neck and super long arm on the other. But trust me, it looks amazing on!

Toggle closure is in the works, hopefully a live-model shot by the end of the week.