Dragged up from the depths of my stash, here we see a project started 3 years ago or more. I was poor and had recently started knitting. I kept seeing pictures of people with yarn bowls, but with no money to buy one I decided to make my own. After a quick google search I came up with this: cotton rope wrapped with yarn. Every inch or so I would wrap the row underneath to hold the thing together.
This project came and went and spent a lot of time hibernating. When I pulled it out on Sunday it only needed another 30 minutes of work. Tadah! Instant satisfaction.
My husband decided to wear it as a hat. I think he looks rather fetching. But then again, I am rather biased.
On the non-crafting front, I just bought the world’s most beautiful tea kettle.
Oh, ummmm. Ignore all that wool. It’s just from Three Waters Farm. It’s not amazing or anything. *You are distracted by the tea kettle*
That is a seriously cool kettle!
As a hat, the yarn bowl is very fetching. Just not saying what it will fetch… 😉 Jokes aside, it’s really cute!
Thank you! You are too kind.
When I started knitting again, I grabbed an old crafts magazine and some worsted wool and made a hat–a cloche with a two inch brim. Only it came out a cone shape that comes to a point. My husband wears it to keep the lamp light out of his eyes. He calls it his hobbit hat. And he shares this story with every knitter I introduce him to. Sigh.
Hahahaha! I love it! He sounds like a very special man.
ohhh, did you succumb to the customer appreciation sale this weekend? I worked really hard to resist, and of course, am sorry as beautiful photos are popping up all over the internet… what colors did you get?
I did…. I comfort myself that I was already planning to buy these and some of them are for gifts. I got natural BFL, Clearwater BFL, and Corona Polwarth/Silk. So beautiful.
Good for you for doing what you need to do, even though it’s not as fun as shopping. The budget is important.
that Clearwater is just lovely. 🙂
I know. I bought it for my sister. But I really Really REALLY want to keep it. I keep telling myself there is more out there….
And she will always dye more if you need it, lol.
P. S. What tea kettle? 🙂
Love the yarn bowl as hat, too. Great idea.
This one: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/mackenzie-childs-flower-tea-kettle/?pkey=e%7Ckettle%7C142%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C19&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH
I was kidding – blinded by the woolly wonder, I didn’t; notice a teakettle.