Own an iPod/Nano? These uber-kool mittens rock!!!

November 22, 2005 10:09 PM

Own an iPod/Nano? These uber-kool mittens rock!!! Cozy and stylish! I want a pair... and I don't even own an iPod! heh! Comes with knitting instructions [PDF]! Su-weeet!
posted by mrhappysad (33 comments total)

I...I just don't want them. I'm sorry.
posted by ford and the prefects at 10:11 PM on November 22, 2005

aaand scene.
posted by flod at 10:20 PM on November 22, 2005

hmph. Well I like them.

(I don't think I'd wear them, though. I worry enough about my ipod getting nabbed.)
posted by kalimac at 10:24 PM on November 22, 2005

Kinda interesting... but yeah, how do you close your fist?
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:24 PM on November 22, 2005

I wonder if I can put a portobello mushroom in the pocket...
posted by heeeraldo at 10:26 PM on November 22, 2005

I don't give an iShit.
posted by moift at 10:26 PM on November 22, 2005

I don't iGive a shit.
posted by Falconetti at 10:28 PM on November 22, 2005

Pockets for cumbersome objects located near your hands are a terrible idea for reasons that should be fairly obvious.

And also, nearly ten months and this is the best you could do? God hope you.
posted by drpynchon at 10:51 PM on November 22, 2005

I want my shitmittens.
posted by homunculus at 11:33 PM on November 22, 2005

Do they come in Pepsi Blue?
posted by ori at 12:06 AM on November 23, 2005

Thank god they aren't for sale.
posted by iloveit at 12:54 AM on November 23, 2005

iPod only? Don't they have any for *my* mp3 player? Sure, it looks like a blood-sugar analyzer or a prop from Babylon 5, but it supports Ogg Vorbis and I saved like 40 bucks!
posted by Ian A.T. at 1:26 AM on November 23, 2005

My adamantium claws are gonna fuck those babies up tout de suite, bub.
posted by Anders Levant at 2:31 AM on November 23, 2005

Hrmm... a neat idea, and a fun project for the knitting enthusiasts out there (maybe add some knitting enthusiast links next time? It's a huge phenomenon, apparently!), but pretty much a guaranteed way to get your iPod ganked.
posted by antifuse at 3:34 AM on November 23, 2005

And also, nearly ten months and this is the best you could do? God hope you.

Ooh. n00b callout in-thread. Teh cool.

... but to try to get some silk from this sow's ear:

Pockets for cumbersome objects located near your hands are a terrible idea for reasons that should be fairly obvious.

Indeed. It's intriguing to me that many poor ideas nevertheless persist, and that's particularly true when the idea involves "design." I think it's got to do with people pouring their "psychic capital" into the design -- it's their creation, they made it.

Now, there are arguments for this kind of design. If I assume that the creator is a lefty, it's OK for it to be on the right hand, but for righties it should be on the left, and it should be rotated 90 degrees so that the screen is in a readable orientation when you hold your arm in front of you -- think of a wristwatch. (But you'd have to have kind of big hands to keep it from being awkward.) Also, the controls should be in the open so you can work them. (But of course, you're wearing gloves. And it would be hard to secure the device while keeping the controls and screen clear. Come to think of it, it doesn't look like it's secured as it is...)
posted by lodurr at 4:08 AM on November 23, 2005

My adamantium claws are gonna fuck those babies up tout de suite, bub.

Cause your the best at what you do...
posted by Dreamghost at 4:37 AM on November 23, 2005

Know what would be even cooler? If someone put some of them "iPockets" on, say, a shirt or jacket. Think of how much more practical it would be! I know, I know... I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:44 AM on November 23, 2005

Know what would be even cooler? If someone put some of them "iPockets" on, say, a shirt or jacket.

Woah, Woah, Woah... Hey pal that's Crazy Talk!
posted by Dreamghost at 4:47 AM on November 23, 2005

I hear an old sneaker works even better. You place the iPod inside, tie the laces behind your neck, and wear the sneaker like an amulet. Sort of like an iAmulet. Heh-heh, iSaid "iAmulet"...
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:49 AM on November 23, 2005

iDon't like it.
posted by you just lost the game at 5:56 AM on November 23, 2005

Great. Another fashionable and completely useless way to attach an iPod to my body.

Also, you are not alone!
posted by dead_ at 6:29 AM on November 23, 2005

Wouldn't it fall out really easily? What a nightmare. I prefer to keep my ipod in the pocket of my coat, personally, since I'm not prone to breaking into cartwheels.

I hate to be that girl who's suspcious because someone's too happy, but this post is outrageously enthusiastic for something that's not really all that interesting. Just sayin'.
posted by Hildegarde at 6:55 AM on November 23, 2005

Spyder Ski Jacket with special iPod pockets

They make good jackets.. it's kewl with the kids.. rich kids, that is ($2,200)..
posted by pez_LPhiE at 7:07 AM on November 23, 2005

Here's a better picture of it

It's actually pretty cool cause it hooks up to controls on the jacket..
posted by pez_LPhiE at 7:09 AM on November 23, 2005

I concur. These are indeed "uber-kool", "Cozy and stylish!" "heh!" and "Su-weeet!"

Fucking hell.
posted by cillit bang at 7:25 AM on November 23, 2005

I have a much more brilliant idea, not easily marketable, but still... here it goes: surgery to graft a skin implant on your cheek or neck, so it forms a pouch, where you can put your iPod! the real iSkin! uber cool! and your hands are free, and it works even when you're naked.

Someone out there must already be thinking about this.
posted by funambulist at 7:46 AM on November 23, 2005

I prefer to keep my ipod in the pocket of my coat...

Now wait, that's not conspicuous. How are people supposed to know that you have a new electronic gadget? Your practical thinking is troubling to me.
posted by glycolized at 7:47 AM on November 23, 2005

Yeah, pez_LPhiE, but it comes with the iPod.... So, really, it's as though it only costs $1801. What a bargain!
posted by JMOZ at 8:13 AM on November 23, 2005

Major danger of snot on your iScreen, but at least the iMittens won't cause the whiplash you get from trying to look at your playlist on the mTUNE-N:


posted by alms at 8:16 AM on November 23, 2005

> the real iSkin!...Someone out there must already be thinking about this.

Perhaps, but in a scant ten years or so we'll be uploading songs directly to our iBrains, a practice that will give new meaning to the term "earworm" when the files malfunction.
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:40 AM on November 23, 2005

Yeah, because it's good to have your iPod out in the open when it's cold enough to be glove weather.

"iBroke my iPod!"
posted by papercake at 8:57 AM on November 23, 2005

Tangentially, I'd just like to point out that the original earphones that come with the ipod have a nasty tendency to sort of freeze in serious weather. They get all stiff and I fear they will snap.

These mittens are clearly not for actual cold weather.
posted by Hildegarde at 9:25 AM on November 23, 2005

consumosaurs say, "we love it!!!!"
posted by pwedza at 10:57 AM on November 23, 2005