Things I havn’t had the chance to blog about!

Way back when, in way back when time.. I made a nice little door mat/ hearth rug as a wedding present for my friend. It all started when I was on the phone with her just before I walked into a thrift store. When I went inside I found this unloved spool of hand spun super bulky wool. It was serendipity! you have to watch out for that!

Here it is..

 First I made a strip of garter stitch, it was about 18 inches long by about 6 stitches wide.

Then I cast off all but 3 stitches. I worked an I-cord with those stitches for a while, then switched it to my spool knitter. I knit on that I cord for you know a few weeks off and on.. I just kept laying it out and seeing how it was looking till it looked about right to me.

Then I bound that off and started another garter stitch strip, kept knitting that till I had it long enough to go all the way around and put it all together!

I was still finishing it on the morning of the wedding.

I actually put the final touches on it between the wedding and the reception (there was like a two hour gap and it was close to home)

I ran to Kmart and got some of that Martha Stewart shelf liner stuff.. the rubbery type. (it’s much cheaper than the actual carpet liner stuff)

Grabbed some self stick velcro, and put it all together!I simply trimmed up the shelf liner, stuck some strips of the grabby part of the velcro on it, and stuck it to the underside of the rug!

Easy peasy! And Voila, a nice little hearth rug!