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April 20, 2007
Back From Vacation
Back when I was working full time as an actress, my fellow thespians and I used to refer to those terrifying moments when someone would totally blank out onstage as "going to the Bahamas and coming back without a tan." Well, I've been to the Bahamas -- and I have no tan to prove it!
Actually, I've been suffering from writer's and knitter's block! Thanks in large part to dental surgery and the resulting stupor, I've simply lacked the mental acuity to write anything, much less come up with a favorite knitting project, for the past couple of weeks. One good thing did come out of it, though: I started making lots of tiny little projects like digital-camera cozies and cell-phone covers. They're fun and easy to make; you can pick them up and put them back down when you get drowsy from pain meds; and they make great little last-minute gifts. Unfortunately, I didn't write anything down, and it's now lost in the fog of recuperation, but Knitty Gritty has some terrific little projects that I'm going to point you toward. And if you're like me, you'll soon be making your own variations on the theme I've provided.
- I have a laptop at home, but my office computer has a mouse, so why not make a mouse cozy?
- I may be the only person alive who doesn't own an iPod, but I can feel the time coming very soon when I will bite the bullet and make one my own. Of course it will need its own little carrying case to keep my tunes hot.
- There's something so appealing about knitting with fake fur yarns, but sometimes you just get tired of making scarves (and face it, sometimes your friends run the other way when they see you coming toward them with a gift that just screams "hand-knit scarf!"). In a case like that, maybe this monitor cozy is just what the doctor ordered!
- For the gal on the go, here's the coolest accessory yet: a hair band and iPod holder in one!
- And finally, this project reminds me of those sultry gun molls in old gangster movies. But you don't have to pack heat with this nifty little garter: it holds your money, a lipstick, house key…those tiny necessities you always need to keep handy.
I hope some of these tiny trinkets will get you started designing your own projects. Half the fun of knitting smaller items is experimenting, so have at it and let me know what you some up with. Talk to you again soon -- I promise! No more trips to the Bahamas!
Posted by nharless at April 20, 2007 9:41 AM
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