For a while now, I've been meaning to clean out the closet, and get rid of old clothes. But for some reason, it's always so hard to do! I hate getting rid of things (I always have), and when I was thumbing through Mason Dixon Knitting last week I had an idea-- using the old clothes for calamari knitting! I need a new bathmat/rug in the upstairs bathroom, and this would be perfect! I also could use a few placemats for out outdoor table, so this morning I got the scissors out and got to work.
The red will be the placemats. I have lots of white and grey for my rug, and I have a bunch of fleece that I might strip up and throw into the mix. I love the pic from the book, I'm hoping mine turns out half as well. But I also really like this project because I LOVE the idea of recycling, and not really getting rid of my old stuff. But this shift in thinking about things is a good one-- what else can I use this for? Instead of "I guess I should throw this out." Some of the most creative and inspiring projects I have come across are re-using materials, or taking something commonplace and using it for something unexpected.
This past weekend was really nice-- the weather was beautiful, and more flowers came out in front of our house!
We went down to Detroit to see a tigers game.
Now I should be back to my school work... It has been a kind of hard transition, now that classes are over, and I desperately want a BREAK break (you know, not just a weekend off, but a time to really give my mind a chance to recover from the semester!). So my response has been to avoid my research a bit, and to knit more. I need to pull some stuff together this afternoon for a meeting tomorrow morning, but I am thinking I might also need to get back to this!
