Crisis averted
With faith in the economy restored (well, sort of... and actually it was closer to 60%...), back to knitting!
The corrected version of Cache Coeur, with proper edging... and some yarn for a boy version, lovely soft blue acrylic yarn. I've decided to buy some matching babygrows to go with them as a gift, and maybe I'll knit some sockies too.
And as promised, my Crisis Time Bath Mat. It has a bit of a story, so bear with me. When we got married, some 9.5 years ago, as part of our wedding gift, we got bath towels. Soft mint green, white, cream, light blue, all sort of matching and soft. Very fluffy and soft. They were used and loved, but as the last year we no longer had a dryer, they have had to face the hardships of air drying after their wash. And let me tell you, after 9.5 years of use, washing and drying, those fluffy towels ain't so fluffy anymore. Plus, when you wash them, they no longer 'smell' clean. Yuk.
So, I decided to buy a whole pile of new towels (fluffy, soft and very fuchsia), the old towels were on the way out. But wait. Just throw out towels? Like that? No, I just couldn't do it. No matter how hard and yuk they were, they were still MY towels. I definitely have problems letting go of things...
And then two things helped me decide what to 'use' them for. The first was this website, which really hit home on a few issues, and the second was an episode of Brainiac, where they try to break out of prison by using bed sheets, toilet paper and braided hair.
So: zero waste + towels + braiding + a lot of sewing turned into this:
The corrected version of Cache Coeur, with proper edging... and some yarn for a boy version, lovely soft blue acrylic yarn. I've decided to buy some matching babygrows to go with them as a gift, and maybe I'll knit some sockies too.
And as promised, my Crisis Time Bath Mat. It has a bit of a story, so bear with me. When we got married, some 9.5 years ago, as part of our wedding gift, we got bath towels. Soft mint green, white, cream, light blue, all sort of matching and soft. Very fluffy and soft. They were used and loved, but as the last year we no longer had a dryer, they have had to face the hardships of air drying after their wash. And let me tell you, after 9.5 years of use, washing and drying, those fluffy towels ain't so fluffy anymore. Plus, when you wash them, they no longer 'smell' clean. Yuk.
So, I decided to buy a whole pile of new towels (fluffy, soft and very fuchsia), the old towels were on the way out. But wait. Just throw out towels? Like that? No, I just couldn't do it. No matter how hard and yuk they were, they were still MY towels. I definitely have problems letting go of things...
And then two things helped me decide what to 'use' them for. The first was this website, which really hit home on a few issues, and the second was an episode of Brainiac, where they try to break out of prison by using bed sheets, toilet paper and braided hair.
So: zero waste + towels + braiding + a lot of sewing turned into this:
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Dus je hebt dit jaar nog een feestje? (10 jaar).
Laat ik nu toevallig een paar witte badhanddoeken hebben die heel minnetjes worden. Dat wordt dus hier ook een nieuwe badmat! Bedankt voor de tip.
Groetjes Meia.