I'm telling ya.
I have some other sock waste that I have been trying to decide how to use. I brainstormed and had a bunch of ideas, but honestly, all of them involved sewing and not weaving, and they didn't appeal to me one bit.
Maybe in another lifetime.
Here are the pieces/parts that I started with.
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I put them up on my work table and cut them with my handy, dandy Eastman cutter, which you have seen, but in case you have forgotten.......
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They look weird, but they are actually the strip on the back of the sock that includes the heel.
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Do you see any blood on that table????
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Oh, yeah, I cut the fatty pad on the end of my thumb clean off. And yes, I screamed, and NO, I am not going to the ER. You couldn't DRAG me there.
Pressure dressing, (yes, that is masking tape) no need for sutures, nothing to SEW TO.
It was the end of my cutting for today though.
And this is what I came up with. A 20"x30" rug for in front of the sink, or the shower. It can have short fringe, or no fringe, but the sides are shaggy, somewhat fringed actually. They are sewn all the way down the shaggy side, so those edges are secure. And......they don't have bumps like the regular sock rugs. Interesting.
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What do you think? Fringe? No fringe?
I love when an idea comes together. I think these could have some potential as place mats, since they don't have the bumps. I am going to have to work on that one.
I was going to end my day weaving on some waffle weave towels I started, but the thumb kept bleeding through, so I decided to give it up.
They are nice though, aren't they??
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My body had better just shape up. I have way too many things to do. My husband has said many times that I will never live long enough to weave all the stuff I have.
Now you know, don't you, that I have to prove him wrong?
It's only right.
Weaving in Kingsbury,
