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Do you have a probllama? This is my probllama.

I haven’t crosstitched in about 20 years, but I saw an article about different reddit boards, and there was a crosstitch reddit. And on it, someone had taken this kit and changed it from No Probllama to 2020 Probllama.

I thought it was the funniest thing. I don’t know why. I guess I am pandemic traumatized. So I searched for the kit, and Amazon had it. Score. I bought it and spent my vacation swimming and probllamaing while watching TV. I had a great time.

The probllama is spoken for by Kid 2. Now I have to make something for Kid 1. Balance in all things.

I just like saying probllama. Probllama. Probllama? Probllama!

Hehehe.

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  1. We should all have such a cute probllama.
    I’m glad you enjoyed your vacation.
    Please let us know what you deem equal to this for Kid 1…

    • *squeeeeee*

      Watching that brings back so many memories! It also scared one of the cats right out of the room.

      I’ve been eyeballing cross stitch designs lately too. I now know what I have to make.

      Llama???? alpaca ????
      Somebody needs to explain to the emoji people that these are not the same thing.

  4. My son’s first soccer team was the llamas. They boys picked the name because llamas could be mean but protective. Our shirts said No Probllama on them. 🙂

  5. I love llamas and alpacas so much that it’s the theme in my classroom –there’s even a “Save the drama for the Drama Llama” cool-down area for kids that need to take a moment. My 5th graders bring me anything and everything llama-related! ❤

  7. I love doing cross stitch! I find it to be incredibly relaxing…until the tread knots, or breaks.

    • Do you have that pattern? That would make a great Christmas gift for my granddaughter, working on her first manuscript.

      • Hello! Check out Etsy. I haven’t stitched this personally, but i got a good chuckle out of it and added it to my endless possibility pile. If you type in typewriter cross stitch, it should pop up with a pdf pattern for it. Good luck!

  12. Very cute. Since I like alpacas I started thinking of a project that featured them. Like “Alpaca all my cares and woes.” Hmmmmm ???? ????

  13. I am curious if you pronounce it pro-blay-ma, or—because of the double “l”—prob-yay-ma?
    Yes, I am sad and bored. I am western PA and stores have started requiring masks again.

  14. Funny story. I grew up in a small and rural Texas town not far from Austin. My mom still lives there, seven miles outside of the city limits. One day, some men were unloading a llama from a truck when it escaped. The animal was meant for a private owner who enjoys exotic pets. Figuring that trying to capture it would be more trouble than it was worth, they left it alone.

    The llama somehow ended up five miles away, in the area where my mom lives. The neighborhood all adopted the animal, by feeding it and giving it names. To some people, it’s Dolly (Llama… get it?). To others, she’s Tony. And for some reason, some people call her George. Wow, a Google search just showed me that some people are calling her Leroy the Lawless Llama.

    She really loves to hang out at my mom’s house. There’s good grazing and a river at the back of the property. So my mom has gotten a kick out of this, and everything is now coming up llamas. I got her a llama planter for her bday in Feb.

    The llama has her own Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/The-Lampasas-Llama-178029172861314/

    And of course, some people are trying to make money off of poor Dolly/George/Tony/Leroy…. Oh, I started to post Amazon links, but I’m not sure if that’s ok. Let’s just say that “Lampasas Llama” turns up a lot of hits on Amazon.

    Anyway! There’s your useless trivia/funny story of the day.

  16. Cross stitch is so addictive. I follow a number of tags on Instagram – I like #crossstitchersofinstagram – lots of beautiful projects. Plus, you can buy lots of lovely flosses and fabrics and patterns ❤️. My calmest hours of the day are spent stitching ????

  18. Back alpaca atcha.

    (I think I’d do better with an alpaca? There are a lot of very chill alpacas around here, and I like spinning alpaca.

    And my new kitty, Ember Meadow Serrano, just was totally freaked out because a buck went crashing through the upper yard. Which makes me think even an alpaca might be a stretch.

    Mind you, Cricket Vespers sometimes still tries to get me to take her hunting cows.)

    • I went to an alpaca show at our county fairgrounds several years ago. They do a conformation show ring like the IKC/AKC dog shows. Totally amazing!! And this was a “benched” show, so you could talk to the owners and handlers and see the alpacas up close. Some of the alpacas were more social than others, allowing people to pat their necks.
      There was also a craft area featuring all things alpaca – jewelry, knit wear, alpaca yarn, plush animals, ornaments, etc.
      (It was a really good day at a time in my life when good days were far and few between.)

      • I look forward to learning about local fairs here – I know about some fiber fairs, but so many things have been on hold, and I hadn’t moved that long before things shut down. That sounds like a ton of fun.

  19. So because she mentioned probllama 3 times , does a Llama come out of nowhere eating colored yarn which changes its coat to the yarn it eats?

  21. That is a cute cross stitch project. I use to do cross stitch a long, long time ago. I get bored and impatient with it, so I don’t do it anymore.

    If you say probllama too fast, it could sound like poblano (as in chilles). 😀

  22. I’ve been tempted many times to buy that kit because I love llamas but the “no probllama” part never resonated with me. It never occurred to me to simply drop the “no”! I may have to add to my Amazon cart now.

  24. I made a cross-stitch for my sister a couple of years ago (copying something posted on Pinterest)…a little tree, and some empty tilled rows, and the phrase: Behold! The field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it, and see that it is barren! I framed it with a rustic wooden frame and gave it to her for Christmas, and she LOVED it.

  25. I think the appeal of cross stitch is that it is so mathmatical, and if you follow the formulae, you get beautiful patterns. Triumph of logic and math. I learned some Ukrainian embroidery a long time ago … I think the difference from common crossstich is directionality? Anyway, in the interest of efficiency, I now prefer needlepoint (half the number of stitches!). Hee hee.

  27. How about a small knit owl (Tufted by Hunter Hammersen)?

    I just bought the pattern and it’s like 28 pages, 20 of which are pictures, which I find very helpful in trying something new (it’s my first tiny creature). It’s written so that it can be knit at whatever yarn weight/needle size combo you have on hand, so it doesn’t have to be tiny. Her example is 4-5 inches tall, in sock weight/ US 2 ish. There are more animals coming, next up is a Fox, but penguins, bats, and raccoons are also a possibility!!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrMedSLiVB/?utm_medium=copy_link

  32. I don’t know what that says about me but the people I like the most are all a little crazy….. rule confirmed…

  33. I have some funny ones saved, but they all involved profanity and I felt they might be inappropriate to post. ????

  34. ok that’s darn cute! thanks for the midweek giggle. I’m the only person on my side of the building and I was feeling sorry for myself.

  35. How adorable! My kid is in England, and even tho we speak every Sunday, we haven’t seen her in about 7 years. My husband has COPD, and can’t fly. I wish I had your probllama. Oh well, everybody has something, and at least we’re all still alive. YAY!!!

  39. Iloma glad you enjoyed your vacation be careful with the cross stitching it is addicting every time he takes a new pattern to my copy place (I never stitch off the original pattern) he tells them this is my 204th pattern The number jumps 10-20 depending on his mood Yes it is relaxing and very addicting.

  40. Guess I’m going to have to get this pattern, if only because I have never stitched a tiny tassel before. Backstitch across, then do a halfway puncture and cut the fringe? I must consult the crafting circle!

  44. I feel like for llamas it would be a probllama though – two different petting zoo/city farm llamas have spat on me at various points (each did me with more with than one bit of spit too) including a selection of hard bits of carrot from the first attacker who had happily gobbled them from my hand before depositing it back in my face and across my glasses.
    Several months later I got it from another llama when my youngest brother was petting it and I wasn’t even involved! So I decided llamas and I should stay apart and just greet each warily.

    Then several years later while hiking there was a herd of llamas (this is becoming a bit of a thing in the UK now) and one llama decided we should NOT be near it’s field.

    We respected this llama’s opinion and tried not to bother it but it followed us from behind a drystone wall the entire length of it’s field and as we climbed the stile to reach our next field we all sighed in relief. . . Until the bloody llama jumped what was now just a fence and tried to run us off it’s land! They’ve acclimatised so well I expected a sheepdog, wellies and a shotgun!

    So you might think it’s no probllama but llama say that’s crazy and alpaca my bag if any come my way 😉 😀

  45. Number 1000th reading HL, the more I read it, the more convinced I am, Linus is Caesar and/or the girls paternal grandpa.

    He really does have your best interests at heart,” Alessandro said. “He’s invested in your survival.”

    In other news after the 1000th time reading HL now I know why I’m 28 Years old and still single, it’s because there isn’t any Connor in here ????

    Actually I think that may be one of the probllamas, I’ve been reading since I was like 15 and the protagonists, the male protagonists are soooo damn sexy, hot, and perfect, there have been some books with crap males but mostly they are so good, in books for teenagers they can be so sweet and while growing they become so Male. It’s dificult to compete with it.

    Another one is growing up, when we are young it is so easy to go out in dates and to make Friends, but the older you get, the pickier you become, now I’m more selective and also I’m more cynical, I’ve already seen how most of my friends and even family members were/are cheated on, and how they forgive this conduct and it repeated, how they are verbally abusive between themselves and have constant discussions over anything it’s like they can’t stand each other and they continue being together, while I am single, independent, live alone and have peace. Everytime my loneliness is getting the better out of me I have just to go out with my married friends or siblings and see all of their conjugal unhappiness and it passes.

    But hey if a Connor presents himself I’d give him a chance, however I’m already planning on adopting a baby next year after remodeling my apartment ???????? just in case I never meet any Connor ????????

    Sorry for this longgggg and strange comment

    Love♥️

  49. a friend of mine in Boliva has sent shirts that say, “Se llama llama.”
    Which is basically, “His/Her/Its name is llama”
    But its super fun to say.

  53. Now I want to start cross-stitching again. Except I have two toddlers and no time. ????. And I’m currently
    busy playing Control on my PS5. I played it about 1/3 of the wat through when it first came out, and then life happened so I never finished it. But it’s marvelous. So much detail. And I know the lead designer (which makes me feel like I know a celebrity ????????????‍♀️) – although I didn’t know he worked on it until after I bought the game lol. Have you played any good games lately?

  54. Best part is probllama doesn’t add to budget expenditures and is good for a smile whenever it is in view!

  55. Too cute! I haven’t cross-stitched in years; makes me want to do some! Maybe some little Christmas ornaments! Glad you enjoyed your vacation. Hope the rest and relaxation refreshed your bodies and minds!

  56. If you are looking for ideas on funny cross stitch or embroidery, do a search on Pinterest.

    I really like your Llama.

  59. That is so cute.
    I’m partial to drama llama. I first heard it in Thea Harrison’s “Dragos Goes to Washington” and I love it. That and ripper cushions have a permanent place in my brain

  60. Oh, now you’ve done it … my brain came up with “Hasta Man-llama, Baby!”

    Cute llama mama stitching! Looking forward to the next part 🙂

  61. If you’re sticking with the same critter, you need one that says “llamageddon” for K1.
    If you’re switching critters, you need “alpacalypse”.

  66. Happy llama
    Sad llama
    Totally rad llama
    Super llama
    Drama llama
    Big fat mama llama
    Camel

    My girls would not stop with the rhyming llamas…..ahhh primary school.

    My vote is for the alpacaylpse….too cute.

  67. A neighbourhood church was known for its fabulous Christmas concerts – lots of cute kids, amazing costumes & animals, but the year they swapped the traditional donkey for a llama in lamé, I lost it!

  68. I love it! Exactly my kind of humor, unfortunately not everyone around me understands it 😀 😀

  69. This is so cute. My 5 year old has decided to be obsessed with llamas now in addition to unicorns and mermaids. We are llama crazy at our house in response. 🙂

  72. Making jam now. Some didn’t jell-no probllama. Food processor on the fritz, have to chop fruit. No probllama. You know it does help. hehehe.

  73. I got 99 probllamas but a stitch ain’t one?

    I keep meaning to get into cross stitch. I have so many supplies, but I have yet to do a search for snarky cross stitch patterns. Because I know that’s a rabbit hole I will not climb out of soon. (Snarky speaks to my cold, dead heart.)(Positive, affirmative, sunshiny cross stitch…makes me want to stab people!)

    Practical me wants an “Off with your shoes!” cross stitch at the front door, because I’m that kind of person. But I want someone to design it for me to make, and I want it more “art” than “basic.” Picky, picky…

    Meanwhile, I’ll stick to knitting.

  75. Love it! We have alpacas so I always giggle at anything Llama or alpaca related. I love the meme (that i have hopefully attached!!) about going on an adventure… alpaca my bags! lol
    We have a llama that lives down the road! His name is Dali Llama.

  79. Loved your Probllama so much I ordered the kit so I can make my own! It just arrived today! Thank you for the fun inspiration! I haven’t cross stitched in a while, so it’s going to be fun to do it again!

  80. There is just something so fun in the word “llama.” There used to be a farm near us that had a couple of llamas. My daughter and I would spend the next 10 minutes of our drive coming up with silly llama rhymes. Now I’m going to have to get two of that cross stitch llama – one for my daughter and one for me!

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