For those of you who had planned to see my new phone case yesterday, I can only say I’m sorry. I couldn’t do anything right. The case wasn’t right so I took it apart and started again.
I couldn’t knit either. For some reason, I kept decreasing for the instep until I had ten too few stitches on my needles. I had to rip out twenty rows and lost two hours worth.
I really didn’t need one. But trying to text on that tiny keyboard was getting to be a real pain. A touch pad would be so much easier to use. And I didn’t want to spend any more than what my son paid for his. After I got it home and started playing with it, I discovered that I can talk text. What more do I want? Wait a minute! Well, I’ll be. I can talk text, too. Hot damn! All right. I’ll quit acting like an idiot.
They wanted to sell me a case. I said, I’ll make one. I got a very sceptical look. What if you drop it. It will be well padded. The idea that anyone could make something useful was totally beyond them.
I got out the Stiff Stuff. I love/hate this stuff. I hate working with it. I love that it does what the name implies.
I traced around the phone twice. Then managed to cut them out without too much swearing.
Cutting the interfacing took some time.
The wide piece is a pouch for the earphones. It has to have a little pleat. The long one includes the flap. The third is the front. Each piece is about 1/4 inch wider and longer than the phone.
Picking fabric was easy. I got some leftover Rowan fabric.
I ironed the interfacing onto the wrong side of the desired fabric leaving enough space for seams.
And that’s as far as I’ve gotten today. Sweetums is getting hungry.
The pattern is in Summer 2013 of Sockupied. You will note that there is very little yarn left. I had made a premmie cap. There was only 75 grams left. Out of curiosity, I weighed another skein of Tofutsies that was supposedly full. It only weighed 95 grams. A little food for thought.
So. Can you see the mistake? It’s on the leg of the left sock. It comes from knitting late at night when I would normally be sleeping.
I’ve already started another pair of socks. I thought about going back to the anniversary shawl, but it seems I’m still in sock mode. I found a nice pattern from Socks That Rock and the yarn is Sockcotta in shades of tan. Yes. Tan. It happens.
This is going to be my next purse. And, of course, I had to make a matching change purse. Is that too cute? Sometimes I make myself sick.
I had such a good time, I did it twice.
Little Wallet by Valori Wells. This stitched up in no time. The directions were well written. Even a man could make it. Well, my son anyway.
I only changed one item on the directions. I used velcro instead of hand sewing a snap. I lied. I also did not bother to whip stitch the opening closed. If you iron it carefully and sew along the edge neatly, it is not necessary. These are completely done on my sewing machine. From start to finish, it should take less than one hour to complete. That is without cat help, dog help, or, God forbid, husband help.
I finished my monthly mini hangy thingy today.
Usually, I make two cat squares.
The trouble is —– I really want to make another Tulip Purse. I bought laminated fabric in three different designs with lining fabric that “kind of” goes with it. I couldn’t make up my mind so I bought all three and now, I can’t decide which one to make first.
But, you know. There’s that little change purse kit I bought.
I think I’ll go knit.
Last night we slept with the windows open. It’s so great to have the air conditioning off and real air flowing through the house. Yesterday, it was raining in the morning, but today we were able to walk down to the pier over the river. It’s been a while. It’s hard to do anything outside when the air reminds me of warm dog breath. You big dog owners what I mean. I’ve also managed to do some weeding. Yeah. I really should buy some more flowers.
Another sock. This time I used Tofutsies and a Sockupied pattern. The skein wasn’t full, but I have three partial skeins that co-ordinate so I figured I could make one for each foot. No . I don’t have three feet. Thank you very much. I have enough trouble with the two that I have. Hmm. Would they charge me more for a pedicure if I had three feet? Anyway, one sock weighed 36 grams and I have 38 grams leftover. Another Yeah. A good digital scale is a godsend when you throw stuff together the way that I do.
It’s just the right size. And…….,
Sheena, Warrior Princess, approves!
This is not the quilt. These are my wavy socks. You can see the purple peeking out on this picture. If you want the pattern, it’s on the right under Wavy Panda Silk Socks. I haven’t put it on Ravelry yet, so you’ll have a first.
Now, this is a quilt. It still needs a border. It needs to be big enough to cover an over-stuffed chair. Flo likes to lay on the top of the back and everyone likes the cushion. Since it’s off white, it needs to be covered. The chair came with the house. It will probably be replaced when we expand the living room. Or not. We do have a dog chair. Why not have a cat chair?
No one wants to sit here anyway. It’s got about seven years of Gus hair on it.
The temperature isn’t that bad, but it’s very humid.
Flo doesn’t mind. She still likes to work on her tan. She’s just a summertime cat.
I finished writing my sock pattern. I mailed it over, but it hasn’t arrived yet. The battery was very low and my laptop is ancient.
Twenty-eight years ago today, I was trying to take a nap in the back yard while Sweetums was painting our bedroom ceiling. I hadn’t slept well the night before due to the heat and an enormous belly. That night, my water broke while I was taking a bath–an interesting sight. Later, I went downstairs and cleaned the kitchen. Around 2Am, the pains started. I called Dr T and woke Sweetums and told Jenn. Sweetums didn’t believe me. I still had ten days to go. Idiot. It was time to go. That’s all there was to it. Jenn showed up about 15 minutes after we arrived. It was good to have them both there. My son showed up around 5:30AM. Life is good. Needless to say, it was not for several days until I got any sleep.
What can I say? I’m in sock mode. But it’s a good thing. It’s summer after all. No one wants a big honking sweater in their lap when it’s hot. I really like these. The pattern is mine. I have been trying to write it down as I’m knitting. I found a note pad app for my Kindle Fire. My son gave it to me for Christmas. I love to read and all the extras make it so useful. I take it almost everywhere with me. It fits into most of my purses. What more do I need?
I realize that the purple stripes are hard to see. I’ll try to take a better picture. The heel looks great. I did a little checkerboard on the bottom. The pattern will be up as soon as I fine tune it.
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