I have so many little projects going on here and there and many completed and simply waiting for a chance to photograph. Hoping the spring weather will energize me to get some stuff done as I’ve been feeling a little scattered lately. I’m so thankful for the extra hour of day light now; I might be able to do something other than weekends.
Speaking of spring, or spring cleaning, playing around in my craft room the other day I whipped up a couple of these super simple box bags. I had seen a great idea somewhere for using them to store onions and potatoes in the pantry. Easy, useful and perfect! I made mine from some scraps of muslin I had around, although linen would look really lovely. Our onions are always shedding everywhere when kept in their original large mesh bags but a plastic bag wasn’t an option as they need to have air circulation. The open weave of the muslin was a nice solution. Basically it was formed like this tutorial.
You can see I just used the finished selvedge edge at the top to skip hemming too, 10 minutes start to finish.
So I also finished, or thought I had finished, a hat (Seamen’s Cap) for my father. I had actually promised him one during Christmas and am only now getting it done. I had sewn in ends and blocked it only to discover this yarn (Knit Picks Swish Worsted) really expanded it’s gauge after washing, more than I’ve ever seen before. Well I chose a superwash wool for ease of care and I don’t know if that’s what caused it or it’s just this yarn. So now it’s too big, even for a larger size head.
Do you think I’d have any luck trying to run this superwash through a hot wash and dryer to shrink it a little?? Or do I need to just suck it up, rip it out and redo? *wibble*
