Sunday, April 26, 2009
3 recycled t-shirt yarn dishcloths
3 recycled t-shirt yarn dishcloths, originally uploaded by ubercherry.
i read about using old t-shirts as yarn aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago, but just never really got myself together and went through my closet to harvest material. well last night, i finally gathered up some old t-shirts, scissors and patience, and voila! these three dishcloths are the product of two small cotton t-shirts that i cut up into strips and tied together to form the yarn. on the white one i just did a plain stockinette stitch with a 2 stitch garter edge on the sides. for the beige one i did stockinette stitch with no edging. and for the two-toned one i did plain stockinette again. the whole thing took about two hours from start of cutting to completion of knitting. my one tip is to make sure then when you tie each strip together, you give it a nice yank first in order to stretch out the cotton. i’m totally going to make more of these as they are marvellous for wiping up excess water around the sink after dishes, face washing etc. i’m actually planning to use the plain white one as a shower puff substitute since it is a little bit stiffer and will provide good exfoliation while i suds up.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
i can't believe this is my first dishcloth
i have been knitting for over 4 years now, and have made many *MANY* projects, however this week i actually knit my first dishcloth. so weird that i never did it before, but here it is in all it's simple glory. i used bernat handicrafter cotton, double stranded it, and banged out four of these in less than 2 hours while watching tv. i gave two to a co-worker today, and saved two for myself. i have yet to actually use one and see how effective/ineffective it is, but i'm pretty excited about finding such pleasure in such a basic little project.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
g is for gerbilize
hello again!
i wanted to tell everyone about my newest adventure in blogging. i started a gerbil themed blog with a very good friend of mine and we are looking for creative creations to post pictures of and make comments about. don't worry, we won't write anything mean about what you've sent - the gerbilize gals are all about positively supporting all levels creativity and skill! your creation can be *anything* really…….just as long as it's somehow representative of gerbils. there's a much more detailed list of submission ideas on the front page of the blog. we've already had some spectacular submissions sent to us, but i'm still holding out for a gerbil robot rap song or some poetry about a gerbil in drag....so let your creativity flow and please check out the blog frequently to see what's new and make comments about all the stuff that people have sent in!
the blog link is: http://gerbilize.wordpress.com
and all submissions can be emailed to: gerbilize@gmail.com
i wanted to tell everyone about my newest adventure in blogging. i started a gerbil themed blog with a very good friend of mine and we are looking for creative creations to post pictures of and make comments about. don't worry, we won't write anything mean about what you've sent - the gerbilize gals are all about positively supporting all levels creativity and skill! your creation can be *anything* really…….just as long as it's somehow representative of gerbils. there's a much more detailed list of submission ideas on the front page of the blog. we've already had some spectacular submissions sent to us, but i'm still holding out for a gerbil robot rap song or some poetry about a gerbil in drag....so let your creativity flow and please check out the blog frequently to see what's new and make comments about all the stuff that people have sent in!
the blog link is: http://gerbilize.wordpress.com
and all submissions can be emailed to: gerbilize@gmail.com
so scurry over there right now!!!
Friday, December 05, 2008
my first attempt at wallet making....
so i made this wallet for my boyfriend using pages from an old chemistry text book, an old piano music book, a map of the british postal code system and an advertisement for health food supplements from a punjabi newspaper. all in all it came together quite nicely, although the plastic was a TOTAL pain to put through the sewing machine and i had to basically cover the whole thing in paper, sew through that and then tear off the paper after the fact. ugh. and i broke two sewing needles in the process. double ugh. but overall i was SUPER pleased with how it turned out, especially since this was my first attempt at anything like this!
wallet interior open
this is where the money goes....
wallet exterior open
a slightly fuzzy shot of the interior again....
front and back
back closed
front closed
close up of the interior
i based it on this pattern for a tape wallet: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=9299.0
i also added some grommets so i could thread an elastic closure through it, but unfortunately i was so tired at the end of the day when i was making it that i accidentally hole punched through the inner layer of the wallet, so that's why there are some extra holes visible. fortunately my partner didn't mind!
wallet interior open
this is where the money goes....
wallet exterior open
a slightly fuzzy shot of the interior again....
front and back
back closed
front closed
close up of the interior
i based it on this pattern for a tape wallet: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=9299.0
i also added some grommets so i could thread an elastic closure through it, but unfortunately i was so tired at the end of the day when i was making it that i accidentally hole punched through the inner layer of the wallet, so that's why there are some extra holes visible. fortunately my partner didn't mind!
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
another popcorn stitch hat
so i made this one for my co-worker and i love the way it turned out! so nice and warm and should fit her like a glove since her head is as small as mine!
i used US 8 needles, and two strands of lion brand vanna's choice held together.
i CO 76 stitches on a circular US 8 for the body of the hat and did the finishing decrease rounds on the US 8 dpns.
Friday, February 15, 2008
two recently completed hats
ok, ok.....
so i haven't blogged in forEVER!
i know.
i'm sorry.
and while i *obviously* haven't been blogging, i *have* been knitting.
here's a couple of hats that i recently completed.....
first up is my aspen hat from twinkle's big city knits. this is the first project that i've actually tackled from the book and it was a PAIN in the ass to make since i can't find US 19 dpns anywhere!!! i ended up using a combo of one US 19 circular and two sets of US 19 straights, which meant that i had to keep taking stitches off the needles and putting them back on the needles the other way....ugh, what a friggin nightmare. in hindsight i really should have just gone out and got another circular set....but alas, lesson learned too late, lol. i used the Lupo yarn by Lang, which was a perfect substitute for this project.
i also saw this post over on craftster a little while ago and fell in love with how soft and lovely the hat looked, so i just had to make it right away!
i used some multicoloured handspun i had purchased ages ago from etsy seller handspun and dyed too (i am *so* in love with that lady's yarn!)
i used US 13 dpn's and had it done in no time.
unfortunately the colouring of the yarn somewhat distracts from the stitch pattern, but i still dig it.
and although it's a lil bit bigger than i usually like my hats to be, it's really working out great on days when i wear my hair curly cuz it doesn't squish my curls!
so i haven't blogged in forEVER!
i know.
i'm sorry.
and while i *obviously* haven't been blogging, i *have* been knitting.
here's a couple of hats that i recently completed.....
first up is my aspen hat from twinkle's big city knits. this is the first project that i've actually tackled from the book and it was a PAIN in the ass to make since i can't find US 19 dpns anywhere!!! i ended up using a combo of one US 19 circular and two sets of US 19 straights, which meant that i had to keep taking stitches off the needles and putting them back on the needles the other way....ugh, what a friggin nightmare. in hindsight i really should have just gone out and got another circular set....but alas, lesson learned too late, lol. i used the Lupo yarn by Lang, which was a perfect substitute for this project.
i also saw this post over on craftster a little while ago and fell in love with how soft and lovely the hat looked, so i just had to make it right away!
i used some multicoloured handspun i had purchased ages ago from etsy seller handspun and dyed too (i am *so* in love with that lady's yarn!)
i used US 13 dpn's and had it done in no time.
unfortunately the colouring of the yarn somewhat distracts from the stitch pattern, but i still dig it.
and although it's a lil bit bigger than i usually like my hats to be, it's really working out great on days when i wear my hair curly cuz it doesn't squish my curls!
Friday, August 31, 2007
my first felted bowl
so here are the final pix of that bowl i felted a little while back.
it's not the greatest felt job, but it's functional and pretty, so i don't really care, lol.
i just knit it cuz i had leftover yarn anyways and i'd never done a felted bowl before.
it's not the greatest felt job, but it's functional and pretty, so i don't really care, lol.
i just knit it cuz i had leftover yarn anyways and i'd never done a felted bowl before.
unfortunately the centre portion where all the yarn was gathered together didn't full felt :(
here's the underside of the bowl.
and here it is just sitting there being bowlish.
