Friday, July 21, 2017

Finally Finished My First Brain Hat

It's all the rage at the March for Science and I decided to make one as a gift and then someone else really liked it so I have to make another.

I made the I-Cord using a LC-150 knitting machine but it still took a long time.  I crocheted the i-cord on to give it more elasticity and give.  That took a long time so at the end I just sewed the i-cord on.

I used "cashmere" yarn from alibaba which doesn't feel like cashmere at all but it was cheap, I think $20 for several skeins.   I knitted the head from the crown down because I didn't know how big the recipient's head was and this way I can adjust and test before sewing on all the i-cord.


Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Yarn Bombing at Unusual Place

I was visiting Krakow's Ghetto Memorial.  The empty chairs represent the Jews killed there.  But someone made something beautiful there by crocheting flowers on all the chairs.  It seems to be jute rope rather than yarn but the effect is still the same.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Sweet Georgia Blog about my Moebius Hat



Here is the link.

Yarn Store in Schwerin Germany

While walking towards Schwerin castle from the train station, saw this sign for a yarn store.  I've seen this done in other stores in Europe but when I worked at a yarn store in the US and yarn bombed the post outside the store, the mall management removed it right away.  Too bad.  It's a great way to advertise because I wouldn't have noticed the off the main street yarn store otherwise.  It actually was  a craft store, not much yarn but worth stopping by.