Other bits & bobs
When the Tour de France comes to Harrogate in 2014, the Borough Council plan to welcome them with bunting made from jerseys in the official colours of the event. If you want to join in, here are the details. This is my contribution:
I used a 100g ball of acrylic in each colour. The instructions say each one takes about 25g. I tend to be an economical knitter, & acrylic is a fairly light fibre, so I wasn't surprised to get 5 from my first 2 balls. I knitted the yellow ball last, & managed to get 6 out of that ball.
It is difficult to estimate how much yarn any knitted item takes, because:
After the event, the jerseys will be made into blankets.
It is difficult to estimate how much yarn any knitted item takes, because:
- Even at the same tension, different knitters use different amounts.
- Different fibres weigh differently, so the yardage of a given weight in one fibre will not be the same as the same weight of another fibre. If you are using pure wool, you generally need more balls than if you are using a man made fibre.
- The weight of any ball of yarn is approximate.
After the event, the jerseys will be made into blankets.
This doesn't really fit in household, but doesn't merit a category of its own.
These paper sculptures of Charles Rennie Macintosh, and his wife Margaret MacDonald were made for kits. Given my usual inability to make a cone from a flat piece of paper, I'm very pleased with the result. CRM just needs a coin under his base to make him steady!
These paper sculptures of Charles Rennie Macintosh, and his wife Margaret MacDonald were made for kits. Given my usual inability to make a cone from a flat piece of paper, I'm very pleased with the result. CRM just needs a coin under his base to make him steady!
The fuchsia bag below is one of a collection of beautiful but not very practical ideas. Have a look at the link on the right for more information about the book. I like several other designs, but somehow I don't think I'll ever get round to doing any others.
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A few years ago I was Inez in The Gondoliers - normally an easy option, as the character just turns up at the end & explains the story in a few lines. However, we were a bit short of chorus, so I came on at the beginning & sat in a cafe on the piazza where the action takes place. It wouldn't work if anyone saw me, so I needed a simple disguise. The mask I was given was plain white, but it didn't look right with the rest of the costume, so it needed to be doctored quickly. I added a few ribbons to it, and somehow it has never been put away after the show.