I was so quick with the knitting I volunteered to do for my neighbour that yesterday Dee came round with some more yarn for me to knit for the market stall! Problem is, I have other fish to fry now - an edging to tat, wool to spin, a scarf to knit. Not to mention a sweater to knit with the wool Dee gave me in payment for the last market stall knitting. And knitting covers for tin cups is not, I have to say, something I find hugely inspirational.
for tin cups? Sounds interesting. You sound very busy!
ReplyDeleteWhy would you knit for a tin cup? I'm intrigued!
ReplyDeleteEr, to keep the contents warm? For decoration? Dee did suggest I sew tatting on them, so that gives me the excuse to try Jess's one shuttle heart and other patterns - as though I need an excuse. The silly thing is that there's no knitting at the bottom of the cup, so the 'coat' doesn't act as a table protector. And the handle is still going to get hot? Apparently there was a magazine article about knitting jackets for cups, but I haven't seen the article, so I'm just going on Dee's description. I thought I might try adding beads to the knitting, might as well experiment while I'm about it.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.... I think I would stick to tatting....! Oh well, it will keep you out of trouble!
ReplyDeleteFox : )
Granted this is not knitting.... but it's a crocheted apply cozy (http://summamamas.stblogs.org/archives/2009/06/another-pretty.html)... maybe you could do something like that for the tin cup.
ReplyDeleteThough I would love to see someone do my little heart! I think it's darling :o)
Oh, I shall do the heart anyway, trust me! A crochet cover for an apple is about as sensible as a knitted cover for a tin cup. The cup cover is so impractical (how do you wash it??) that I'm wondering if the intention is to turn the cup into a pencil holder or something?
Deletesurely you can take the cup holder off? It sounds similar to what we call a "stubby holder" in Australia. You just put it on to keep your tea warm then take it off when you're done and put it back in the cupboard and wash up the cup.
ReplyDeleteI understand the cover is to be sewn on. I must make it small so that it has to be stretched to fit.
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