Welcome Fiber Arts Friday and Craft Friday Folks
I have been home sick for most of the week which gave me some time to do a bigger project. I had almost 2 pounds of Caron (Crap) yarn left over from my mom’s country flannel blanket project and decided to put them to use. Since I really hate the feel of this yarn I didn’t want to make anything I had to wear. It’s more of a blanket or rug yarn than a wearing yarn. Hmmm… Rug yarn? Sounds like my kind of project!
I didn’t want to bore myself with a typical rug so I decided to learn a new stitch while making the center of this one. I figured I’d have enough yarn for a 2×3 foot rug so my ultimate goal was to have this one as a bathmat. The best bathmats have a plush feel and that’s what I wanted this rug to be like. I looked around at a bunch of stitches and settled on the Cobble Stitch for the center. The cobble stitch is really easy and goes like this SC TR SC TR…….. That’s it. Because I chose to use one of each color for the center you can’t really see the detail in the stitch but the treble areas puff up and make for a fluffy plush mat to step on. The Single color boarders are just a SC all the way around.
Lastly for FAF I want to introduce you to my next Wii game which I am now coveting. Please Santa bring me this game for Xmas! It is called… Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Here’s the trailer for the video game. Just check out that yarn knit world and all the buttons!