Wow! I had a great day yesterday. Tour of the Highline in the morning and lunch with my lovely Nettle Patch friend, Katinka. Dinner with my man. Tickets to the New York City Ballet with my inspiring friend, Linda.
Look at these pictures of the Highline. It’s easy to forget this is in the middle of Chelsea.
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/urban-forager-dandelion-wine-no-jelly/
Here are my felted placemats in their finished moment. How did I make these, you wonder? Actually, I’m amazed they turned out just like I wanted them to. I used lopi yarn to knit a big rectangle. I remembered that this yarn shrinks more in height than width, so I made my rectangle twice as high as I wanted the finished diameter to be but not as wide. My finished diameter is 15″. My rectangle of loosely knitted lopi was approximately 30″ tall by maybe 45″ wide. I wish I’d taken better notes. I changed color after each skein, hoping each stripe would be 7″ or so. Then popped it in the washer on warm, through the dryer and while still a little wet I shaped it and stretched it to my measurements. 15″ tall by 31″ wide. I used a paper bag to make a 15″ circle pattern. Cut two circles out of the felted fabric. I looked at my new placemats and thought, ‘nice but a bit dull. they need some sparkle.’ I found this sparkly yarn when I was up visiting my sister in Mystic, CT and used it to crochet a simple little edging. We’re very happy with the result!
my latest project. don saw some in a catalog and i’m making some for us. i like them very much so far.
