Gotta Get Myself Posting Again
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 @ 8:44pm. Category: General, Pets.- I have finished knitting a hat for Jay. It is black with a red J on it. It was knit top-down with a pattern of my own devising after I couldn’t find any top-down hat patterns I liked. Pictures eventually.
- I’m knitting a pair of gigantic socks which I shall felt down to normal-sized socks. I came up with the idea after my dad felted my sister’s wool sweater a few years back, but it turns out somebody on the internet already did all the math for me! It’s a really easy pattern, good for first-time sock knitters and first-time felters.
- We’ve been leaving the window open at night (and most of the day) since it’s been so pleasantly cool lately. Open windows are kitty crack. Kaylee refuses to eat when the windows are open, preferring instead to stare outside all night/day. We have to lock her up in another bedroom away from open windows in order to get her to eat.
- O.U.I! auditions are soon. If you can play guitar or piano and don’t mind not being the center of attention we sorely need you.
- 8bit is back up, sorta. Hopefully the static IP really will be static this time!
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Jason Clark | 20-Sep-06 at 9:31 pm | Permalink
Just followed the OUI link… I didn’t realize you go to OU. I was there for two years (89-91, yes, I’m old) before transferring back east. Small World!
Jessica | 21-Sep-06 at 10:58 pm | Permalink
Felt it down to normal size??
…kinda afraid to google that one
effika | 21-Sep-06 at 11:27 pm | Permalink
Felting shrinks the fabric as the wool fibers interlock, producing a thicker, tougher fabric. So yes, people purposely “ruin” wool knits. :-)
It’s a very common way to make purses since the resulting fabric doesn’t usually need to be lined to stop things from poking out of it.
Since I am not starting out with clumps of fiber but a knitted fabric, what I’m doing is more properly called fulling. Fulling ranges from just bringing the nap on the wool out to all-out obscuring of the knitted stitches.
Fluffy | 25-Sep-06 at 12:05 pm | Permalink
I’ve never heard of a cat who refused to eat if a window was open. Then again, there are people who will not eat if one piece of food (i.e., mashed potatoes) touches another (peas). I think Kaylee’s is more understandable, and certainly far more amusing.