Things That Don't Fly

We have discovered in our relationship that many things do not fly well. Watermelons,for example, when launched from a trebuchet only remain in the air for 30 or fewer seconds and then land with a thud and make a mess. It is much better to split them in half and eaten with a spoon (and a splash of vodka).
 


Small land mammals don't fly very well either. Our friend Hero Cat tried it off the 8th floor balcony of his mid-town pied-a-terre and managed to tear all the ligaments on his hind legs and fracture his pelvis. Fortunately he is convalescing well and his humans are managing to keep him entertained by dressing him in Do It Yourself feline fashions. 

Despite the fact that many alpacas (or at least their farmers) own aviator glasses, we don't think that Alpacas actually like to fly as it:  

1. Makes their lips go pffft, pffft, pffft (especially when they are riding in an open cockpit.)

2. Messes up their up-dos and as everyone knows what is an alpaca without his up-do?

3. Puts a cramp on their crimp and what is
an alpaca but a fluffy camelid with crimp?  

Plus it stresses them out and they spit. We have four kids so we are not big fans of spitting.  We have however, discovered that alpaca fibre is prolly the best ever for aviation knitting.

It is warm, light and extremely "luxe". It wears well, washes up in the sink with some shampoo and the drape is amazing, especially for flying socks, scarves and sweaters. 

AirCrafting has even done a Baby Squadron Hat out of Americo Original's  Worsted Weight. Pattern will be posted shortly (at $5.00) but if you want a PDF of it now please email us at: aircrafting.co@gmail.com and we can send you one.