Knitted cushion cover - use old jumpers.

I was in Cork St galleries and there is store that always has nice but expensive things.   This time it had a knitted cushion cover.   Don't know how much - if you need to know the price, don't come inside dear - but I assume from previous prices of things there, it must be at least £100.   But it has given me more ideas for using old shirts and jumpers.   Would be nice to have a buttoned up shirt under buttoned cardigan as a cushion cover or sofa arm rest.  Might do it.

Two button knitted cushion covers.

Olympics - London Empty and Hasting & Margate eateries pay tribute to the Olympics

 Olympic London empty
 I had been dreading the Olympics.  Living next to the Olympic park I thought I would not be able to leave my house.  My road had half it's parking removed on one side with double yellow lines, so I thought it would be full on Olympic traffic even though its a very quiet back street.   Not only is my road empty - so is the whole of London - quiet eerie.  Not only have tourists stayed away, Londoners seem to have left town.  The little left residents parking in my street is virtually empty as is the rest of the streets around me.   By making sure I avoided intersections with new restricted or no turns I have been enoying the empty roads going into the Tate and the South Bank several times.  I feel sorry for shops and taxis etc as they are all losing business.  My friend John has just told me that places like Leicester Square are very busy - perhaps the Prime Minister's plea to everyone to now come to London rather than stay away, is beginning to work - I just checked the BBC traffic camera between me and the grounds - the main Olympic route the A12 is still pretty clear.

Hastings - The little tearoom next to Hastings Arts Forum (used to be called Jam Jars I think with a window full of jars you could add to)  runs a knitting club on Thursday evennings.  The kintting group have knitted a wonderfully fun and funny Olympics window display for the cafe.   Look out for the pink and white chairs in front of the pavement, opposite the new seafront restaurant, Azure) if you want to pop in for a chat with the friendly owner and locals.

Bet the ridiculous Olympic logo police don't know about these - Couldn't get rid of the reflections

Gymnastics amongst the rings.

Even Margates' Turner Contemporary Gallery has given itself an Olympics paint job.

Yes I know you can barely see it - the pink stripes on the gallery at the back - but I was enjoying my Fish and Chips too much to move.

Wonderful uses for old sweaters

While trying to find the sweaters as chairs covers blog, I found this on another site.  Great uses for old jumpers or other knits.
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2011/08/how-to-reuse-old-sweaters.html

Pink knitted mobile phone holder 1st prototype

Hangs around neck - closed

Open

Needs some changes, besides it looking not great.    Want to add a stylus holder.  At least I won't scratch screen - but unless I make a couple of little sewing changes it will probably fall out.  Also need to add fastener.  Will knit another in thinner wool or other fabric/string.  Also going to make one out of old book/cover.

Pink thick knitted socks

Not pretty but warm and quick to knit

Just like the last pair, they don't match as I experiment on the first one and improve on the second.  This time I crocheted a top edging.   I will put up the really thick ones I knitted for John as soon as he takes a pic.  Other than perhaps knitting a round the neck cover for my phone and fingerless mits, that maybe it for knitting for now, though people say you get the bug and there are quite a few knitting evenings in coffee shops etc  in trendy hoxton and elsewhere which may tempt me - probably not.

Knitted socks as shoes prototypes

Learning to knit socks.  After knitting black pair for J, I am now trying to learn to knit socks that look like socks in shoes.   This pair is made up of the 2 prototypes.  I can't bear to unpick them so will wear myself.  Still some problems to sort out.