I dont know about you, but I seem to
have lots of unfinished projects floating around in the craft courner
in the lounge room. As I look around I can see many things in a half finished state: recycled plastic bags crocheted into baskets,
knitted twine objects for ceramic experiments (another post will be
dedicated to this) two lots of wool waiting to be unravelled and
knitted into another project.
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| Baskets made from recycled plastic bags |
All these half finished projects are
lying around as a visual reminder to finish them. Im getting sick of
the clutter so I have decided that rather than work on them all at
once, I will finish one and then move onto the next with the hope of
cleaning up the craft corner.... or at least getting it under
control!
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| Knitted twine objects |
So Im currently working on a pink brown wool that has been knitted about four times because I havent found the right pattern for the wool. Its gorgeous but because its varigated, knits up with ugly 'tiger stripes'. I have finally found the perfect pattern, which I am kinda making up as I go along (with the aid of some of Mum's fabulous 1980's knitting patterns as reference).
Its garter stitch and I have introduced a dark brown solid colour which lessens the
varigated stripe effect. Knitted on the round the yoke shows of the
variation of the colour without being too much.
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| Unravelling |
Theres also an ever growing pile of
books to read, and magazines for inspiration which contains things
like Vogue Living, Craft International (fabulous mag from the UK),
ceramic books – mostly about glazes at the moment, and for art theory
I've been meaning to read the complete works of Oscar Wilde and Le Morte D'Arthur by
Sir Thomas Malory and Dante's Devine Comedy...
Thank goodness for these long dark
winter evenings – they're perfect for sitting in front of the gas
fire and reading or knitting, under the pretext of getting organised x
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