Monthly Archives: January 2012

Shameless

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I haven’t posted anything in over a week and today’s post is a shameless self promotion.

My burp cloth tutorial is featured this week on Tipnut.  Check it out as well as other great ideas.

Thank you Tipnut!!

Sluggish

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I was trying to find a nice photo of a slug for this post but after looking at several on-line, I decided there is no such thing as a “nice” photo of a slug.  They’re gross!!!

Anyway, I have not been myself for a while.  I feel sluggish.  I haven’t been posting much either.

Something (me) has to change.

I am forcing myself to attend another Zumba class that starts tomorrow evening.  Forcing myself because I hate going to these kinds of classes where everyone there has a buddy.  Except me.

This class is designed for “baby boomers” so I hope the instructor has better communication skills, like actually showing us the steps rather than saying, “Just watch me, you’ll figure it out eventually.”

I am one of those people who has to go someplace else to exercise.  I wish I wasn’t but that’s who I am.  Once my name is on the class roster, I’m committed.

As for my knitting projects I have started another e-tablet cover for Mr. Aitch.  This one WILL fit.

Another cupcake hat is complete with the cherry on top.  I will show that later as I have to make another one to fit a larger head.

TTFN

SOS

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The cover for Mr. Aitch’s tablet before felting.  I think it’s big enough.

After felting, it’s too short.  An inch too short.

I do have more yarn.  In fact I have enough yarn to knit another one.

The tablet is 9 x 7 1/5.  The cover is 10 x 6 1/2.

Can I do something to this to fix it?

Do over?

Any suggestions?

Cover charge

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Mr. Aitch received an e-tablet for Christmas and asked me to knit AND felt a cover for him.  Mr. Aitch doesn’t usually request knit items.

He wants it NOW.

I told him that it would probably take me a couple of weeks to get it finished.   Then I realized I didn’t have a pattern nor colorwork plan.  He doesn’t want anything fancy: solid gold with the flying WV logo on one side and solid blue with the gold flying WV logo on the other.

 

Talk about a boring knit!  I will try to do some two-color stitches between the color changes.  He said he doesn’t like stripes so maybe a checkerboard motif…

I cast on what I “think” will be enough stitches from my felted swatch hoping it will be close enough.  I’m just not sure how to approach the distortion factor with the logo.  I might hand stitch or try needle felting the logo on after it’s felted.  Can I needle felt with the yarn or do I need unspun fleece?