Comments on: Throwing Out the Old . . .

By: LHWB Knits

LHWB Knits — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:25:14 +0000

NOOOOO! Don’t throw it away. There are kids who are desperate to learn to knit but can’t afford yarn. Find an organization who teaches kids to knit and donate your “dogs” to them. They will happily rip out your disasters and pass the yarn onto kids who NEED it. Or donate it to an organization that knits for babies freezing to death in developing countries. But, please (do you hear the begging in my voice) please, don’t throw it away.
Oops! Unless it is Red Heart of some scarry s#*% like that. Then -do the world a favor and trash it.
B

By: dickie

dickie — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:23:39 +0000

all the ends to weave in look daunting. o_O it looks like you won’t have to do it though. i really enjoy your blog!

By: Mary McK-

Mary McK- — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:41:06 +0000

I felted the crane in my sink and it only took about 5 minutes to get as far as I did. It helps that they are flat so their easier to squish and roll up in your hands. And it took about 24 hours for it to fully dry. Good luck!!

By: mc78

mc78 — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:27:04 +0000

Why not salvage the piece by making a cute little vest? No one will ever have to know that ice blue sleeves were once envisioned.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:40:35 +0000

Those buttons really look nice with that color yarn! Awesome, awesome. Way to go!

By: marty

marty — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:30:24 +0000

I love your blog – i’m new to knitting but hope to see more cool stuff here in the future
peace

By: Sandhya

Sandhya — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:03:12 +0000

I have to follow this advice. I cast on a grey sweater for my daughter as a stash buster. Now the contrasting yellow sleeves make me cringe a little but I am still plugging away hoping it won’t weigh on my conscience for long.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:29:03 +0000

Is it wrong to find some comfort in the knowledge that not EVERYTHING that comes off your needles is stunningly gorgeous?

Still, even this failed attempt of yours looks better than the sweater worn by the cashier in the cafeteria at my work.

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:21:59 +0000

Thanks for the reminder about Mary Oliver’s book…it’s been a long time since I’ve read it, and I could use the boost.

I have a manuscript drawer full of “baby sweaters.” My friend Maxianne Berger refers to them as “dead darlings,” and regularly encourages me to scavenge one word from each one to start something new. But man, there are some days when only the shredder and a trip to the dictionary will do.

Also, a resolution to not make my daughter wear my mistakes.

By: TheAmpuT

TheAmpuT — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:44:48 +0000

Hmmm. You know, I went to a workshop by Sally Melville, and she showed us a swatch she had knit up of some really garish and unpleasantly matched colors. Even though it was ugly, she knit up a kids sweater out of those some colors anyhow, then overdyed the finished sweater in a forest green, which totally pulled it all together. It was gorgeous.
But if it ends up on a post somewhere, I’ll keep my eye out for it and heed the warning