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17 January 2007

I'm wearing a belly warmer today. →[More:]

It's made out of a lovely lambswool sweater I accidentally shrunk. It's keeping my kidneys warm, which feels marvelous, but "belly warmer" is so much cuter than "kidney warmer".

post by: Specklet at: 12:52 | 25 comments

May I please ask you to post a photo so as I may know what you are talking about?

I have this image in my head that you shrunk a sweater and then cut the neck and arms off and are wearing it like a tube top around your mid section.

posted by getoffmylawn 17 January | 13:02

goml, that's exactly what I'm talking about. See original reference here.

posted by Specklet 17 January | 13:05

That's the same image I have and based on the description I'm thinking that's what specklet is wearing.

posted by LunaticFringe 17 January | 13:05

I am so very confused.

posted by cmonkey 17 January | 13:09

Oh I love them!

posted by iconomy 17 January | 13:09

Ok. Thanks for the linky - I get it. It looks like a giant cumberbund. I like it.

posted by getoffmylawn 17 January | 13:10

That's what I'm gonna do with all my shrunken sweaters now. I get too cold in the winter and have such a hard time warming up.

posted by LunaticFringe 17 January | 13:11

Also, an old labmate used to use the sleeves of shrunken sweaters as leg warmers, which I also think is a splendid idea. Again, because I'm so freakin' cold all the time.

posted by LunaticFringe 17 January | 13:15

I wear cropped length shirts and I always feel a draft going down my waitband. This is perfect because I am one of those people that loves to leave my under shirt sticking out from under my over shirt for the layered look.

posted by getoffmylawn 17 January | 13:16

an old labmate used to use the sleeves of shrunken sweaters as leg warmers

Hee! That's what I did with the sleeves of this belly warmer's mother sweater!

posted by Specklet 17 January | 13:51

Audrey? Is that you?

posted by LunaticFringe 17 January | 14:06

Then again, Spexx would look great with a pair o' shrunken tube sox as earrings.

That'll be all. I'll get my ass back to work now.

posted by Joe Famous 17 January | 14:14

I must have these. Especially those from the Japanese designer. I'm in love.

posted by Lola_G 17 January | 14:39

*once wore a big soccer sock on her head during an office hockey match*

posted by Specklet 17 January | 14:39

I love these too. I'd make my own if I were at all crafty with fabric. Only thing I'm crafty with is flour and sugar.

posted by smich 17 January | 15:29

I knew a girl in middle school that cut the top band of her sweat socks off and wore them around her wrists when she'd play sports to keep the sweat from ruining her grip.

posted by getoffmylawn 17 January | 15:38

Sweatbands.

posted by Specklet 17 January | 15:45

Am I the only one who cringes a little at the phrase "belly warmer?" Isn't that what male slave owners used to call the female slaves they brought to bed with them?

posted by jrossi4r 17 January | 16:23

Ugh! I hadn't thought of that. Well, I'm recaliming it and deeming it cute.

posted by Specklet 17 January | 17:41

Or... tummy sock?

posted by Specklet 17 January | 19:02

Wait, doesn't the sweater all unravel when you cut it up? (but yes, mucho cute-o - I gusto)

posted by taz 17 January | 19:33

Not this one, taz, but other you'd have to hem...

posted by Specklet 17 January | 19:47

Ack, I've never heard that reference, jrossi4r.

I've always heard of "belly warmers" as those giant, ugly 60s and 70s ties the size of a commercial landing airstrip.

posted by loquacious 17 January | 20:46

Weird. Weird weird weird. But then I don't have a problem keeping my midsection warm. It's my feet and hands that I have problems with. It's hard to type with gloves or mittens.

posted by deborah 17 January | 21:04

I remember them using it in "Roots" on the slave ship. I think Ralph Waite may have said it. Traumatic seeing Mr. Walton engage in such behavior.

But yes, Specks. Reclaim it. Belly Warmer does sound much cuter than, say, "Gut Cozy."

posted by jrossi4r 18 January | 00:15

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