Not fallen off the edge of the earth...
Yes, I'm still here. Two weeks is the longest so far that I haven't posted anything. I've been working a lot of overtime lately and haven't been knitting much. I received some great suggestions about how to deal with the FLAK sweater's large neck opening. At least I have a lot of time to think about it while I finish up the rest of the sweater. I looked at photos of a lot of sweaters, and noticed that some of them do have large openings, with equally large collars, which do pull in as they go up. Of course, the book where I noticed this the most was from the 70's, back when the entire sweater tended to be oversize. I figure whatever I end up doing, if I don't like it I can always rip it out and change it. I did finally pick up stitches for the right arm, and have knit down so far 45 rows. It seems to be going faster than the first arm.
I did accomplish one project that I'm very happy with--two new pillows for the sofa. These replace an old large pillow that was incredibly worn and torn, and thankfully I tossed in the garbage before even thinking of taking a photo. I learned how to use my new zipper foot to insert a zipper in the edge. I followed the instructions in my sewing book and had no problem (except when my bobbin thread ran out halfway down the seam for the second edge of the zipper!). And best of all, I made them from a long strip of home decor fabric that I'd bought at an estate sale for pennies. If you look really close, you can see the seam down the center of the middle blue strip, where I pieced them together for the right width. So the only real cost was for zippers, and for the pillow forms (although I had those already--can't remember what I bought them for!)
I made Boston Cream Cake today, for my best friend's birthday. It's been so long since I made this. DH didn't think he liked Boston Cream Cake, but he declared this to be good! I think he liked the lemon flavor I put in the cake. I also tried a new recipe for Seed Bread I found on Recipezaar. I'm not cutting it until breakfast (gonna try it toasted) so I can't say how I like it. It was fun measuring out the different seeds, though.
I did accomplish one project that I'm very happy with--two new pillows for the sofa. These replace an old large pillow that was incredibly worn and torn, and thankfully I tossed in the garbage before even thinking of taking a photo. I learned how to use my new zipper foot to insert a zipper in the edge. I followed the instructions in my sewing book and had no problem (except when my bobbin thread ran out halfway down the seam for the second edge of the zipper!). And best of all, I made them from a long strip of home decor fabric that I'd bought at an estate sale for pennies. If you look really close, you can see the seam down the center of the middle blue strip, where I pieced them together for the right width. So the only real cost was for zippers, and for the pillow forms (although I had those already--can't remember what I bought them for!)
I made Boston Cream Cake today, for my best friend's birthday. It's been so long since I made this. DH didn't think he liked Boston Cream Cake, but he declared this to be good! I think he liked the lemon flavor I put in the cake. I also tried a new recipe for Seed Bread I found on Recipezaar. I'm not cutting it until breakfast (gonna try it toasted) so I can't say how I like it. It was fun measuring out the different seeds, though.
posted by knitbarbara at 3:41 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Barbara,
Hope you are staying cool.
I love the pillows you made. Very classy!!
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