It was a pretty quiet weekend here, mostly spent inside due to the rain & cold. I didn't get to post my work in progress for Friday, so here is a peek at the tea cozy. It's moving along slowly as I work on it for awhile and then jump to something else...
...like this cabled hat from S'n B Nation. I liked the one I made for my daughter so much, I ended up knitting one for myself using some yarns I had on hand.
Recently I've been liking the idea of combining knitting with fabric and Copper's Wife's post had me thinking of making potholders. Debbie Bliss Home shows a potholder using a knitted square and a piece of fabric; I changed it a bit and used a patchwork top... Edited: One thing I forgot to mention is that I did use a layer of cotton batting which the patchwork is quilted to. I know there is a heat resistant product you could use also; not sure of the name of it. 
I love using what I have on hand ~ this has some Denyse Schmidt fabric scraps, a piece of a vintage linen napkin, and a square of an old linen calendar. Here you can see the back which I knitted of cream cotton in seed/moss stitch...
I will definitely be making some more of these!
I love the potholder. I wish I had more of those linen calendars...I made my mom a bag out of one and it turned out so cool...one time when I was at my favorite thrift store they had a about twenty of them for three dollars...but I had limited cash and so I had to decide between them and a really cool vintage apron...the apron won out.
ReplyDeleteI love that potholder. I had been thinking about something similar myself but never actually got round to it. It looks great. Autumn is a good time to get lots of small projects done isn't it.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to see what the finished tea cozy looks like. The colors are so bright and festive!!
ReplyDeleteI do love the potholder with the knitted back! Does the knitting give it enough insulation to be functional, or is it more for a trivet or decorative? I do love it!! The patchwork front and seed stitch back are lovely together.
They`re fabulous! I like the colours of the tea cozy & the potholder is lovely, what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteNeato. I love the potholder and the hat and can't wait to see the tea cozy. I have somewhere on this machine a picture of some purses that are crocheted on the bottom and joined to fabric. I would think you could easily make that translation to knitting. They were so cool. Hmmm..now where did I put those? I'll email it to ya.
ReplyDeleteI just love your potholder! I really want to make some now! :0)
ReplyDeleteKelli
Wow this is gorgeous!!!How did you do this???
ReplyDeleteThe potholder looks great! And I like your knitting too.
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