Monthly Archives: December 2010

Ms Ida pictures

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I gifted the Ms Ida Chain Link mittens to my sister and she sent me a picture of them.  For some reason I forget to take the pictures before I gift something.

Ms Ida Chain Link mittens

I followed the pattern (large) including the yarn and colors except I left off one diamond repeat on the thumb and it was plenty long.   My original plan was to make these flip top mittens but I was having such a time with the thumbs that we (my sister and I) decided the flip top wasn’t necessary.

I used Knit Picks City Tweed in Dungaree and Andean Silk in Cream.  I loved working with this yarn though it is sticky.  Just don’t make many mistakes to tink or frog.

Thinking I would make two pairs of these mittens, I bought another Andean Silk in cream and City Tweed in Cottontail that appears to be discontinued.  It’s a taupe color.  I’ll find something else to knit with it.

Paper garland tutorial

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This…

circles

Turned into this…

Merry Christmas Garland

Merry Christmas closeup

Closeup 2

Materials used:  card stock (I used green and white card stock), 1 1/2 inch circle punch, black thread (or any color that works for you), glue, typewriter key font, computer, printer

This particular font is available in black keys and white/clear keys and I used the white/clear keys so I didn’t use up so much ink and the cardstock color was more visible. 

I had to fiddle with the size font (105 pt) to fit inside the circle punch.  20 “keys” fit on my paper, four across and five down.  Cutting the paper into strips made it easier to get the punch centered on the letter.

The circles are glued back-to-back with black thread in between for some toddler-proof garland.  It’s made so if the circles flip over, the letters are still the right way.  Our tree has so many lights on it that I couldn’t get a picture with the garland on the tree so I tried it on the banister. 

This was very easy and relatively inexpensive.  Cardstock can be purchased from Staples for five cents a sheet so you don’t have to buy an entire ream for this project.  The circle punch was on sale at 40% off and can be used for other projects.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I’ll reply as soon as I can.

Klutz

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I’m a klutz.  I injured my right thumb in a culinary accident on Saturday.

I was inserting picks into a large sandwich ring to help hold all the layers together when I needed to remove one to reposition it.  I had a damp paper towel between my thumb and fingers to wipe off the chicken salad.  The pick had the tiniest sliver sticking out on one edge.  It went straight into my thumb about a half an inch.  I was at my daughter’s house and she wasn’t home.  I tried to pull the sliver of wood out with my left hand and the tip broke off.

When my daughter got home, she tried to pull out the splinter.  My son-in-law tried as well.

tweezers

 It  is still in my thumb and it hurts.  It hurts to write.  It hurts to sew.  It hurts to knit.

Several years ago when I was working in retail and helping get other stores ready for opening day, I was setting up some shelving and crawling around on newly carpeted floor.  A screw with the pointy end up was under the carpet.  My knee found it and the tip broke off in my knee.  Two words: not fun.

I ended up in an urgent care clinic with a doctor digging around in my knee and finally extracting the screw tip.  My prize was tetanus shot, a hole in my knee and a Band-Aid.

I’m hoping this splinter comes out on its own.