Not a good day for yellow here in rainy Chicago today but I’m feeling themey so I thought I’d give it a shot. Here’s a possible yellow & white apron in progress for Amy’s new theme and a shot of yellow for Kerstin’s color week (more yellow on thriftcraft too). Why am I knitting? Kay and Ann‘s new book came from amazon on friday and the knitting bug is buzzing in my ear. I don’t really go crazy for knitting. I’ve had my moments…stash building obsessive months of dreaming about yarns every night, making snap decisions at elann, buying up old Rowan and Rebecca pattern books as if I’d ever actually knit myself a sweater (!).. but these wear off pretty quickly. Mason Dixon Knitting is making me all knitty again. It is so fun to read about their love of knitting and their great imaginative approach at making original patterns. And I LOVE the quilting/knitting thing! I really want to knit a log cabin blanket some day. But in the end I’m still all about the fabric so what grabbed me the most were the delecatable photographs of rag balls in the book. I went right at my thrifted sheets and made some to play with.
Nice idea, the rag ball. I’m going to have to try that.
After looking through the Mason-Dixon Knitting book, the first thing I did was google how to make rag balls. No sight was clear–do you sew the end together?
Ooooh, I love the way this looks. Makes me want to go and buy that book. Yum.
love the rag ball! i’ll have to check out that book. and love the picture for ‘yellow day’. all i could think of so far is daffodils.
That phots looks so scrumptious! I personally thought that your April fools was very funny! Ü
I, for one, thought you meant it. I never believed you’d pull it off though. You got me–atta girl.
I can’t wait to see your finished apron! It makes a beautiful sunny yellow picture.
beautiful shot! man, the photography out in blogland is so great…
Well, I never really liked rag-things. But your beautiful photo makes me think twice…
I confess I fell from your joke, though I didn’t really thought that possible!
Didi I told you that I like your (not so) new layout?
April is for yellow 😉 Your knitting fits in well! Have you heard of Project Spectrum? We are in the 2nd month now, and the themes are orange and yellow!
ha, see i knew it.
ha, see i knew it.
I love your rag knitting! It’s just too pretty.
Oh, that yarn (or fabric you’re using as yarn?) is FABULOUS!! What kind is it?/ Where can I get it? 🙂
Ack…I fell for it. I was so sad!! I love the new knitting. I might have to check that book out! I am trying to finish up some of these other knitting project first. Use what you have will keep me busy all month finishing unfinished projects :o)
I’ve just bought a crochet book that had rag balls. It looked lovely so I was going to try myself. This looks very sweet.
Yum, hun!
I’m loving your flashbacks since I haven’t made my way through your archives yet. That patchwork robot is to die for and I am quickly discovering that I am a sucker for anything patchwork. I totally fell for your April Fool’s joke…you would think since that is my birthday I would be in tune with the fact that people are, um, joking on that day!
i was wondering if you got to see “alterknits” (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584794550/sr=8-1/qid=1144207461/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8560574-2031300?%5Fencoding=UTF8). it has a knitted rag pattern like yours, made out of thrifted t-shirts. which i’m plotting on making for my new apartment. i love this book. very inspiring.
Hi, I just found your blog. My LYS has kits to the Log Cabin project in this book in Encore or Cotton Classic. It’s called Ruhama’s Yarn & Needlepoint in Milwaukee, WI. (414) 332-2660
They also have a webpage, but you can’t order through it. http://www.ruhamas.com
Emily
Love your blog and your work. Do you have an “easy” way of making these rag balls? I’ve never done this but would love to…Thanks!
I am also looking for a way to make rag balls. Please explain it to me, I am dying to knit with some 🙂
Check out:
RAG BALLS
http://www.greenlightwrite.com/ragball.htm
Small, kid-friendly rag ball
http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/object4.htm
Making a football (soccer ball) from plastic bags, fabric strips and string
http://www.burundidirect.net/EN/index.asp?d=57&fb=+-+Old+plastic+bags+turn+into+a+football
Page from a book on rag balls (I hope the URL works)
http://books.google.com/books?id=EHH-8TXV-dcC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=%22rag+ball%22+strips&source=web&ots=JI0nTBeWEh&sig=r1tcyuqpqxvvy9Z1vikbyXpJVFE#PPA94,M1
and on a larger scale, the bra ball:
http://www.braball.com/
How beautiful! Yellow makes me happy. Can’t wait to see the finish product, and oh btw beautiful picture too 🙂
I never wanted to knit after having bad luck as a young girl trying to knit a shell sweater with small needles. When I saw how exciting the rag knitting projects look, I decided to give knitting a try again. With size 17 needles, I found that I really love knitting using lots of fabrics from my stash, attaching them through a slit at the end to eliminate tags and bulkiness. I sold my first purse recently on my website…mixedbag.etsy.com. and am turning out a purse a day since.