Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Alfred's Kitty Pi - Revealed.
Hello there again..
I have finnally settled down here with my laptop to bring to you pictures of Alfred's Kitty Pi bed.. He does love it.. and he sleeps in it pretty oftin..
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky in Yukon
It all begins with the yarn. I really liked knitting with this yarn.. I started knitting on December 12th 2006.
Here it is all knitted up.. It ended up being REALLY BIG.. which I understand is good for felting.. I modified the pattern a little by putting a hem at the edge instead of the fluffy eyelash yarn around the edge.
Feburary 23rd was felting day, so I put it in a zippered pillow case and threw in some old stiff towels and washed it, I think a total of 4 times with hot wash and cold rinse. And it came out like this:
I took our plastic cake dome/transporter thingie and put towels around it to make a drying rack for it. I think I actually need something with a bigger diameter to make it really work properly.. but I'm just not sure what that could be. I'd like to give it a shot because even though when it came out all standing up and pretty, after a while it got really... well.. floppy. Now it's balled up in the corner.. and I'm not sure how to fix it. But like I said.. Alfred likes it anyway:
So I don't really know why the sides don't stand up properly.. I think maybe I need to felt it one more time.. AND dry/block it on something larger.. but I don't really know... I want to work on it soon though.. cause it just makes me sad.
But to leave you with something more positive.. Alfred and I bring you an artsey type picture.
The fuzzyness intrigues you.
Hello there again..
I have finnally settled down here with my laptop to bring to you pictures of Alfred's Kitty Pi bed.. He does love it.. and he sleeps in it pretty oftin..
It all begins with the yarn. I really liked knitting with this yarn.. I started knitting on December 12th 2006.
Here it is all knitted up.. It ended up being REALLY BIG.. which I understand is good for felting.. I modified the pattern a little by putting a hem at the edge instead of the fluffy eyelash yarn around the edge.
Feburary 23rd was felting day, so I put it in a zippered pillow case and threw in some old stiff towels and washed it, I think a total of 4 times with hot wash and cold rinse. And it came out like this:
I took our plastic cake dome/transporter thingie and put towels around it to make a drying rack for it. I think I actually need something with a bigger diameter to make it really work properly.. but I'm just not sure what that could be. I'd like to give it a shot because even though when it came out all standing up and pretty, after a while it got really... well.. floppy. Now it's balled up in the corner.. and I'm not sure how to fix it. But like I said.. Alfred likes it anyway:
So I don't really know why the sides don't stand up properly.. I think maybe I need to felt it one more time.. AND dry/block it on something larger.. but I don't really know... I want to work on it soon though.. cause it just makes me sad.
But to leave you with something more positive.. Alfred and I bring you an artsey type picture.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Ahhhh! It's been a while!
Hello there.. Lets get a few things straight, shall we?
1. I am alive.
2. I have been BUSY!!!
3. I live at a new place now!
Yes, that is right.. We have just moved.. I now live amongst the boxes again.. Which is a total pain.. But I think the new place is going to turn out better for us.. The short drive to work (A whopping 2-5 minutes!!) is worth it entirely, that is for sure.
I have been knitting too.. well.. sortof. I've been felting! I finnally felted Alfred's bed.. and I took pictures too.. I'm just not sure where the camera is right now.. (Oops?) But I'll post the pictures as soon as I possibly can. I ended up letting it dry over a plastic cake carrier thing.. I don't think it was quite wide enough though so I may end up trying to figure something else out to get the thing to really look right. Alfred loves it though.. When I pulled it off the cake thing and plopped it on the floor he went right in it as if he knew it was just for him. He sleeps in it pretty oftin too.. It is SO addorable.
In more sad (pathetic?) news.. I haven't put the TCC together yet. I am shameful.. and I am afraid winter has passed me by. On the upside of this, our new place has massive walk in closets.. with doors.. that close... Which may just be the best idea since a cage over a sweater to keep the kitten off it. (You guys crack me up btw.) I think that my closet will hold a drying sweater.. and I will feel NO guilt whatsoever keeping Alfred locked out of it. It may take weeks to dry in there with no air.. but that is a risk I might just be willing to take.. Or I'll put a small fan in there with it.
So maybe soon I will be able to do it.. A couple of weeks from now is Spring break.. and that means I won't have a school assignment and I'll have a free Saturday all to myself.. That might just be TCC blocking/seaming day.. or week.. depending on our work schedule. All the kiddos seem to be going out of town so we might just be home more than usual, which should give me some time to block.. and I have nice new super-clean sinks to wash sweater parts in. I'm already excited!!
Anyway.. I just wanted to make sure you guys got an update eventually.. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of this blogging thing soon.. rather than later. I am paying for it after all.
Hello there.. Lets get a few things straight, shall we?
1. I am alive.
2. I have been BUSY!!!
3. I live at a new place now!
Yes, that is right.. We have just moved.. I now live amongst the boxes again.. Which is a total pain.. But I think the new place is going to turn out better for us.. The short drive to work (A whopping 2-5 minutes!!) is worth it entirely, that is for sure.
I have been knitting too.. well.. sortof. I've been felting! I finnally felted Alfred's bed.. and I took pictures too.. I'm just not sure where the camera is right now.. (Oops?) But I'll post the pictures as soon as I possibly can. I ended up letting it dry over a plastic cake carrier thing.. I don't think it was quite wide enough though so I may end up trying to figure something else out to get the thing to really look right. Alfred loves it though.. When I pulled it off the cake thing and plopped it on the floor he went right in it as if he knew it was just for him. He sleeps in it pretty oftin too.. It is SO addorable.
In more sad (pathetic?) news.. I haven't put the TCC together yet. I am shameful.. and I am afraid winter has passed me by. On the upside of this, our new place has massive walk in closets.. with doors.. that close... Which may just be the best idea since a cage over a sweater to keep the kitten off it. (You guys crack me up btw.) I think that my closet will hold a drying sweater.. and I will feel NO guilt whatsoever keeping Alfred locked out of it. It may take weeks to dry in there with no air.. but that is a risk I might just be willing to take.. Or I'll put a small fan in there with it.
So maybe soon I will be able to do it.. A couple of weeks from now is Spring break.. and that means I won't have a school assignment and I'll have a free Saturday all to myself.. That might just be TCC blocking/seaming day.. or week.. depending on our work schedule. All the kiddos seem to be going out of town so we might just be home more than usual, which should give me some time to block.. and I have nice new super-clean sinks to wash sweater parts in. I'm already excited!!
Anyway.. I just wanted to make sure you guys got an update eventually.. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of this blogging thing soon.. rather than later. I am paying for it after all.
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- Name: Kim
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I'm a tiny short woman who loves to knit clothes that actually fit me. I first learned to knit when I was about 10 but I never got beyond knit and purl. I didn't pick up knitting again till about 2 years ago, and now with the help of tons of library books, I'm chugging along and I think I'm pretty darn good : ) I'm married, and love my Australian husband dearly.
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