Luckily Mike cleaned this up before I got home, so my tender little eyes didn't have to see the bloodshed our little kitty caused.That is the remaining nearly-full skein of Cascade 220 from the Minimalist Cardigan. I haven't ventured into the yellow bag where the yarn awaits its final fate to see how much can be salvaged.
I had it in the bag to work on my first end-of-finals / surviving law school / holiday present. We went to a town hall meeting about a $54mn spending package to improve the streets of Portland for pedestrians and bikes (3 people have been hit and killed while riding their bikes here, in the last three weeks alone). First of all, it was lovely to go to a town hall meeting and feel like a part of the community. I've been so transient since high school, and it is nice to feel like I'm settling down to one place.
Second of all, it was lovely to sit at the back of the room, listening to the presentations, getting all the inside gossip from the woman who's lived here for 39 years, and knitting away.
The result is this: A Mug and French Press Jacket for my friend Katie (who I hope does not read my blog - look away Katie!)Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers in Garnet
Needles: my go to some kind of metal, size 7 or 8 dpns from my mom's stash
Notes: Since I don't have five needles of a dpn set large enough for this pattern, I attempted to use four and still follow the directions. I came up with a very large disc, much too large for the bottom of any coffee cup I know. So I frogged.
I tried again, but still, it came out all wrong. So I frogged.
Then I gave up on the idea of a mug jacket with a cute little button to go around the handle, and settled on a simple coffee cup sleeve. In the end, all I used from the pattern was the stitch pattern. I really love the smocking, and it's a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Katie drinks a ton of coffee- at least a latte a day- and while she usually uses a real mug, sometime I see her with a paper cup. This sleeve helps her cut down on at least a little of the paper usage, subbing in for those cardboard sleeves to help keep your fingers from burning on the cup.
Apologies for the terrible picture. It's 8 am and the sun hasn't risen yet. Also, the camera screen is broken (still).
As for the wonkiness of the sleeve... I can only direct you to the carnage witnessed above.
2 comments:
It's true -- cats DO love yarn! The cartoons were right! I'm sorry that Arlo destroyed your skien, though. :(
I read about the one bike accident a few weeks ago but hadn't heard about the second (and third?) one. The same thing happened in Boston last fall, with two young people getting killed in a very short period of time. Hearing about that stuff is so unbelievably scary. I drive to work now, because it's about 15 miles from my house and I have to take really busy roads to get there, but when I was in school I didn't have a car and pretty much traveled by bike 95+% of the time. It just sucks that it has to be so dangerous for people who want to ride. I actually have a "share the road" license plate, which hopefully does a small part in reminding people to pay attention. Anyway, not a whole lot of point to this, just glad you went to the meeting to support the cause.
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