The Cushion Continues!
Well as you know last week was not a great knitting week for me, but since I got home on Sunday I have been a knitting demon! Poor husband and cat have been almost completely ignored, with only the faint cry of "I must have more done by Wednesday!" ringing through the house! Hee hee! It has all paid off though as today I have an almost finished cushion to show you! Here it is
Excuse the rubbish photo, I just couldn't get the light right!
Now I will be honest this week has not been without its upset. You see that lovely, very close to being straight band that I have put round the cushion well the first attempt at this was less than successfull. I decided that I would just sew it on by eye. I also make cards and have quite a good eye for seeing if something is striaght and I rarely measure anything. Apparently sewing is different, here is my first attempt
Well I had to unpick it, obvously! Husband did say it didn't look too bad but really who did he think he was kidding!!! But I think you'll agree the second attempt was much better. Well that's it for me this week, hopefully see you on Fo Friday with a finished cushion!
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Happy knitting! x
I quite like the wonky band, but then I'm terrible at straight lines on anything so I've changed my expectations to like wonkiness ;) The second attempt does look better though!
ReplyDeleteHi Sam, I hate that when that happens, and then you have to unpick and re-sew! Second attempt looks like it did the job though! Can't wait to see the finished cushion. bee x
ReplyDeleteYes, it's so true that sewing is the hardest part of knitting!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not good with sewing either!! It's looking great though! Can't wait to see it done!!
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way .. do papercrafting and rarely measure things ... fabric though I've found is different and needs to be pinned :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm pants at sewing. Your first attempt is better than my first attempt would be, haha! It was nice of your hubby to try and comfort you. :)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, WIPW is so motivating isn't it? It's a good thing our families are pretty tolerant of our WIP obsessions. I look forward to seeing the cushion on Friday!
ReplyDeleteI love the pale yellow! You'll have to post a pic when you are done, I want to see what it looks like!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely husband to say that it looked ok - even if you knew he was kidding - mine would have been more ... blunt! Looking forward to seeing it on Friday! :-)
ReplyDeleteWIPW and FO Friday cause many laughs in my house. Bank Manager(Hubby) now says it's not 'just one more row', but 'I need to be further for WIPW'!
ReplyDeleteWednesdays used to be the most boring day of the week before but now everything leads up to a wednesday!!! Great project x
ReplyDeleteThe second attempt looks straight to me, but I'm dreadful at sewing straight so I shouldn't say much more. I think my cat hates my knitting too!
ReplyDeleteThe second attempt is great! I bet you'll be soo happy you fixed it. I don't think it looked bad the first time, but it would have probably bugged you every time you looked at the cushion.
ReplyDeleteHehe, good rescue on the cushion! It looks great, I love the lemony yellow :) I'm hopeless at getting things straight. I can't even write in a straight line on plain paper, it always veers off somewhere!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the finished project. The second attempt looks great. It is always a pain to have to redue things!
ReplyDeleteYour second attempt is such an improvement, looks really great! Lovely color too, I'd love to see it finished :-)
ReplyDeleteAlex
I love the colours!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it'll look great finished.
look forward to seeing it finished :)
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by and your lovely comment :)
That is way better than I can do! It looks cute! We would love for you to come share this at our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday" link party! http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/strut-your-stuff-saturday-week-2.html
ReplyDeleteLove,
The Sisters @ sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com
well I think you did a fabulous job! It is way better than I could do! great job! I found your blog through a link party and LOVE it! I am your newest follower and would love it if you would check out my blog and follow me too! Thanks!
ReplyDelete-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/
Well it's definitely looking good now. Thanks for joining in with Handmade Monday over on my blog x
ReplyDeleteAhh I hate sewing too! I think it takes time to practice and learn the way that feels easiest for you. Well done on the cushion though, now go hug husband and the cat ;o)
ReplyDeleteLove the colours you have chosen, will look great when it's finished
ReplyDeleteYour cushion looks great, even the wonky band didn't look bad. Look forward to seeing it finished. I'm following you now so I'll keep up to date.
ReplyDeleteI too rather like the wonky band! But I never trust my OH comments, they think agreeing gives them an easy life! Like the colours too.
ReplyDeleteWonky is good, just like life :o)
ReplyDeleteJan x
I am so impressed that you know how to knit!! That is one thing I am not good at . . . love the colors you used. I am excited to see the finished project! Thanks for linking this up to our link party last week . . . we would love to have you stop by today and link up more of your great projects at Strut Your Stuff Saturday!
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SixSistersStuff.blogspot.com