“Use it up, Wear it out…”

“…Make it do, or Do without.” Ah, how many times were those words repeated throught my childhood? It’s impossible to say at this point, of course, but one thing’s for sure – it’s stuck in my head but good.
It’s in that spirit that I’ve embarked on my next project. (What? I’m still Christmas Knitting. It’s just that round after interminable round of 2×2 ribbing has gotten a bit…wearing.) You see, Greg got me one of these last week:

Which is great fun. But excuse me, disposable mop heads? What, am I nuts? All it is is a vaguely scrubby, absorbent pad that sticks to the head. I think we can do better than that. An inquiry on the Knittyboard yielded several results, but I was most intrigued by this one. Careful inspection of the images will show that the cover is simply a knitted rectangle with the ends folded over and seamed to create little pockets to hold it on. Easy enough! I grabbed some cotton from something I frogged (what? Turns out I’m not a sarong person…although I wore it a few times, and washed it. Pre-shrunk cotton, woo!) and because I just didn’t feel like messing with a new pattern, I’m making my own version. In garter stitch. What? No one avoids garter stitch dishcloths because they’re ineffective. They’re just, you know, dead boring. Hrm. Ribbing – garter stitch. Ribbing – garter stitch. You know, I’m getting the urge to go crochet something. O_o

Something to Show

Well, the visit was all right… but not much has gotten done since then. I do, however, have something to show for myself.

The instructions for these three puppets are up here. Go check em’ out! And while you’re here, go wander through my free patterns and sale patterns. Now I need to get back to Christmas knitting. Bother.

Just a quick one…

Check it out! I finished the nursery curtains (where the MIL will be sleeping)!

And just to prove I didn’t cheat, look at this!

Do you see that? Do you? The plaid is in perfect alignment. It matches. I am awesome. I love plaids, in general, and I loooooove this plaid. It’s so happy! Definitely my favorite of the fabrics I’ve worked with so far, both in pattern and in texture. Mmmmm. I’m so glad that I finally got one of these up on a window. The pictures are a bit yellow, but what the heck. Woo hoo!

Oh, shhhh! She’s coming. Gotta go!