I can't believe it's an entire year since
I last posted anything! This doesn't mean I haven't been knitting, though
- I NEVER stop knitting! It's just possible that My Other Life (the one
that doesn't have knitting in it) has been intruding a bit much. Anyway,
I'm back and will make an effort to catch up, starting with my Giant Cushion.
This cushion actually started life as one of those neck cushions – you
know: designed to support your neck
while you sleep. I've been through several of these and have come to the
conclusion that only angels can support my neck while I sleep as none of them
work.
Now imagine a jumper knitted by someone
who couldn’t read a pattern, using thick, cheap, nasty acrylic yarn, back in
the days when jumpers were basically vast tunics. Horrors!
But the colour of the yarn was lovely – a rich, buttery cream. I don’t recall ever actually wearing this
jumper and as it was knitted in my pre-knitting days, it’s been at the bottom
of a box for decades. I had already
taken it apart before it occurred to me to take a photo of it – never mind. Just think HUGE. The yarn might be cheap and nasty but perfect
for furnishing. It was lovely to knit
with too – about the best thing you can say about cheap acrylics. I used my lace rib pattern for this which I
got to know so well that I could knit it in the dark. It took a LONG time to knit but it’s done and
the cushion is now used mostly as a rest for my sore foot......but that’s
another story!
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| Lace Rib |
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| Closer view of rib |
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| I knitted four "scarves" to fit the cushion, two shorter, two longer. The longer ones fold over the end of the cushion to button closed. |
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| The pattern stood out more clearly once it was on the cushion |
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| Not exactly a work of art (those end bits are a bit untidy) but I like it |
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| I used pretty buttons I'd been saving for a worthwhile project - buttonholes already provided! |
