The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
Posted in Sewing on 11/17/2010 07:09 pm by AlixAs much as I try to be a grammatically conscientious person, sometimes my inferior understanding of the English language demotes me to fall victim to the infamous grammar Nazis on the internet. It didn’t matter how much I tried in school to memorize spelling and grammar. I suppose it happens to the best of us.
So in light of all that, someone asked me to create the amazing Alot! He was originally created by Allie Brosh over at Hyperbole and a Half, a hilarious web comic. One of her readers asked me to make the Alot for them. He was fun to make and I think he turned out great! Check him out.
He really is better than you at everything. Even my cat. He is better than my cat. As you can see my cat is trying to be better than the Alot, but he just simply inferior to the awesomeness of the Alot. My cat has a lot of issues with this.
November 17th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Love it! =) thanks Alot!
November 17th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
This is adorable! I showed it to my sister (who happens to be an english teacher) and she wants one for her desk! Such a wicked idea!
November 18th, 2010 at 12:55 am
I want one. Where can I get one?
November 18th, 2010 at 2:57 am
alot has alot going for it! alot is way cooler in 3D than 2D. I don’t suppose alot is riding on alot’s success?
running out of coolness adjectives for your plushie work here!
xoxo
November 18th, 2010 at 5:44 am
LOVE IT!!
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 am
That is very awesome. I hate to be the one to say it though, but you don’t use an apostrophe to pluralize. Nazis is plural, Nazi’s refers to ownership.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:46 am
@grammar dude Dangit! I knew it was only a matter of time :) I’m not changing it.
December 2nd, 2010 at 5:51 am
Any chance you’re making more alots? I’m furiously searching for a stuffed alot and yours is amazing!
December 2nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Alix,
You’ve really stumbled onto something here… Allie’s Alot comic may be more popular than you know. I think there are a lot of people who would die to own one of your stuffed alots, and if Allie links to your Etsy for it, you could make a lot of money (you could make alot of money too, but it would probably cost quite a bit)!
All this to say… I was casually searching for a plush alot and yours is brilliant and I for one would buy one in an instant! So please give us the opportunity! :)
December 2nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
@ Sohl Allie’s comics/blog is awesome and I was really excited to make this Alot when someone commissioned it. I have tried contacting Allie directly but haven’t heard anything back. Either way, I hope she enjoys it!
January 27th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
I will pay good money for an Alot. Seriously. Can I order one?
February 1st, 2011 at 3:19 pm
[...] Alix was requested to make an alot by a friend, and came through with this awesome plush toy. See more pictures at her site Arixystix. [...]
February 8th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
I agree with several commenters here: I want an Alot, and would be happy to pay for one! IT’S SO CUTE!!! And squishy!! <3 <3 <3
February 10th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
I am seriously interested in ordering one of these from you. Please let me know if we can work something out.
February 12th, 2011 at 9:03 am
Is there anyway I could get a pattern for an Alot from you?
February 13th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Your Alot is adorable! I would love to buy one if you every start selling them. Please let me know!
February 18th, 2011 at 2:03 am
ADORABLE. My roommate and I just LOL’d!
February 20th, 2011 at 9:01 am
This is BRILLIANT, and looks to be beautifully made as well. I also love the pic with cat.
February 20th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
You should contact Allie Bosh and work out a business deal with her to make and sell them and give her a cut for it being her creation. I’d love one, and I bet they’d sell well!
February 20th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Grammar “Nazi’s”???? Surely you mean grammar *Nazis*. TO THE REMEDIAL GRAMMAR CAMPS WITH HIM!
February 20th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
@Twila I have tried contacting her just to share my creation with her, but I haven’t heard back :(
February 20th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
@Humorless Grammar Nazi LOL I’m totally not gonna change it now :P
February 21st, 2011 at 5:43 am
This might just be the coolest plushy I’ve ever seen! If you’d be willing to sell them (and ship them to Germany), I’d absolutely want one! I hope you know how very, very talente you are :)
February 21st, 2011 at 8:53 pm
i need this alot
February 21st, 2011 at 9:18 pm
I came here because I saw the grammar beacon, just to tell you that there is no apostrophe after the plural usage of Nazi, and that the use of an apostrophe indicates ownership, rather than multiples.
However, I see that someone else has beaten me to it. Therefore, I won’t tell you that.
Have a nice day. I like your Alot.
February 22nd, 2011 at 8:42 am
Oh, I hope Allie lets you sell these! You could sell… alot. (Sorry.)
February 23rd, 2011 at 7:01 am
Oh my GOODNESS.
I would give almost anything for an Alot, or the pattern…any chance you would be willing to share?
February 25th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
I want that alot — please email me and let me know the cost.
March 2nd, 2011 at 1:24 am
I know someone that would allot a lot of love to that alot. That being said, could you email me with a price on one? Thanks!
March 19th, 2011 at 6:36 am
I would like to know how much an Alot would cost… I’m thinking of buying one!
April 28th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
I want an Alot alot XDDDDDDDD price??? XD shipping costs for Mexico?? I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed one!!!! XD
July 8th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
OMG must have!!! Are you selling these? I really, really hope so. I love Alot!
August 15th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I like this Alot, I would like to own this Alot. (would it cost a lot to make an Alot and ship it to VA, USA?)
October 28th, 2011 at 3:54 am
hi if you’re ever selling any, i would love to buy one! it’s amazing! let me know :)
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:31 am
If you could like, sell these, I would give you alot of Love.
November 23rd, 2011 at 3:48 pm
on tumblr, this alot has more than 1000 notes right now, and maybe the original poster wasn’t the only one. Please start selling them, after talking to Allie. You will be flooded with orders, I promise.
http://maggieblueberry.tumblr.com/post/12607767825/i-want-this-alot-its-alot-to-love-source
November 23rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I NEED THIS BECAUSE OF REASONS!
November 24th, 2011 at 4:40 am
I need this Alot! Please let me know if you start selling them, because I will definitely be buying a few!
November 25th, 2011 at 2:57 am
DO WANT. I would LOVE one of these Alot’s a LOT! If you ever start selling them, you definitely have me as a customer!
November 25th, 2011 at 3:34 am
I need this ALOT for a lot of reasons.
All of which are because I need it.
November 27th, 2011 at 8:22 am
My boyfriend made me an Alot hat today, no where as amazing as this. But if at any given time you sell these, I will gladly buy one for him. :D
November 27th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
ohmygosh! Send me some pictures! I would love to see the Alot hat!!!
November 28th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I too am an English teacher who would love to purchase one of your alots if you have any for sale. Please let me know.
November 30th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Add me to the list of people who’d buy an Alot plushie right now if they were available. Let me know!
December 14th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Another alot, please. I need it. Alot. Pretty please?
December 27th, 2011 at 1:10 am
Can I be another person on the list of people who would buy an Alot plushie without a second thought if they were widely available? This is adorable!
February 12th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
One more in line for an alot. Please and thank you!
February 23rd, 2012 at 11:35 pm
It looks like there has been a lot of requests for Alot.
Any chance I can add my voice to Alot commissioners?
March 2nd, 2012 at 2:11 am
Even if you don’t want to make 120947239486203954 ALOTs for people, I’d totally buy the sewing pattern! I’d make my own herd of ALOTs.
March 6th, 2012 at 8:33 am
This alot just found me. More than a year later and there’s no sewing pattern yet? There’s alot of wrong in that.
March 13th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
I really really want one of these. It’s trending and whoever made it can make bank. Just saying.
March 20th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Add me to the list of people willing to pay for alot!
March 21st, 2012 at 4:53 pm
I NEED an Alot and this one is adorable! You and Allie B. should get together and make a bazillionity dollars.
April 6th, 2012 at 4:05 am
This pretty much takes the cake for cute fat n pudgy animals. Id definitely be interested in a commission if you’re still making them…
May 2nd, 2012 at 10:50 pm
I would love one of these!
Do you take paypal? Ship to the UK?
You could really make a fortune out of these judging by interest!