Knitting Project: What is It?

It was great fun to knit together all my fabric strips. 

The resulting item is colorful and full of texture. 
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But at approximately 6″ x 60″ what is it?  (Before blocking, below.)

My original thought was that I was making a scarf.

And, I think it looks really good – and quirky.  But wait, what are those hairy threads doing all over my black coat?  That’ll never work.

Maybe I could turn it into some sort of 3D artwork.

Hmm.  Looks rather challenging. 

So, maybe I should just treat it like a long skinny swath of fabric.  If I stabilized it with stitching and/or interfacing, I could cut it into pieces, right?  I think the texture would be great as an inset in the front of a decorative pillow.  Something like this.

What do you think?  Any other ideas?

Ellen Lindner

5 Comments

  1. Sue Dennis says:

    Lovely texture and colour shading in the knitting. Cutting it up sounds good to me.

  2. BJ Berlo says:

    I kind of favor the 3-D Artwork idea. It can stand on it’s own – it doesn’t need to be a part of anything else. I love recycling fabric into something new and different.

  3. ellen says:

    Thanks for the ideas, ladies. I’m having fun considering my options.

  4. Doreen says:

    You might like to try it as a scarf on a denim jacket. Bet it would look great!

  5. ellen says:

    Great idea, Doreen. I’m sure the threads wouldn’t stick or show as much.