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Monday, January 15, 2007
finishing things is fun
When my mother had just finished high school, she got a job with the school district. Part of her job involved cleaning out lockers after everyone left for the summer. (I think I'm remembering this right). In one of the lockers, she found a pincushion made of four multicolored knitted sections sewn together. She has used that pincushion ever since. I don't know what made me think of trying to make one for myself, but a few weeks ago I went looking online and found these instructions. (basically, knit rectangles in specific sizes; sew them into tubes and then turn the tubes in on themselves; tuck the resulting half-height tubes into each other; sew the bottom together). I dug into my scrap yarn and emerged today with this:
pincushion
top
bottom
with pins
It's way bigger than my mom's; you truly could use this for knitting implements, small scissors, etc. I think I'll put it in the craft-fair tote (ha! she says. That's optimistic.) and make some more. The one I make for myself will be a bit smaller, and I'm also going to try using a ribbed stitch instead of garter stitches, casting on the circumference and knitting rows for the height, if that makes any sense at all. Well, it does to me anyway.
Comments
That turned out so nice! I like it. So the one that your mom has, she did not make? that is neat to have had it so long.
Posted by: debi at January 15, 2007 05:47 PM
Neat! I like the colors you chose. :o)
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at January 15, 2007 08:52 PM
That's really cool!
Posted by: jenn at January 15, 2007 09:41 PM
