Over the last couple of days I've managed to construct something and deconstruct something else.
The construction part is a draught excluder for the back door. The back door, like the french windows, is poorly fitting and lets in draughts like you wouldn't believe. If it was our house we'd rip both offending articles out pronto and replace them with snugly fitting double glazed units, as it's a rented property we have to live with them as best we can. Like the other draught excluder I made in the autumn, this one has two large hanks of craft wool lashed together to make the filling - fortuitously, the length of each hank was exactly right for the bottom of the door. The fabric casing was made from an offcut of the 'was a king size now a double' duvet cover. It seems to be quite effective and the large spots are really quite cheerful to look at. I bet there aren't many households with a matching duvet cover and draught excluder!!
On the deconstructing front, I unravelled a scarf I knitted a few years ago. The darn thing seemed to have stretched and stretched to a ridiculous length, all the while getting thinner and thinner. I'd given up wearing it. The yarn is some rather nice Rowan biggi print (or something like that, I do know it's Rowan) and I unpicked it with the idea of knitting up a somewhat thicker but shorter scarf. HOWEVER, now it's back to it's virgin state (although I still need to wash it to get rid of the crinkles) I'm wondering whether to embark on another patchwork knitted blanket. It'd be a long job as I don't have much in the stash in the way of thick yarn but it would be a nice project to pick up and put down as and when the yarn becomes available.
That yarn is made of lovely colours - what do you mean by craft wool for the draught excluders - I've never heard of it? (And I could do with some more draught excluders) is it a heavy filling?? Thanks
Posted by: Amy | 01/25/2010 at 07:25 PM