I like to use the Provo Craft Knifty Knitter looms. I cannot seem to knit in a kid-full house without losing my count and I think the looms remedy this problem quite well.
Last winter, I made a shawl from this pattern on the Provo Craft website, using Lion Brand’s Homespun yarn. I never wore the shawl because it wasn’t my style and wasn’t really big enough to be warn around the house to keep warm, so it sat in my yarn box for the past year.
The other day I was rearranging Big E and Little E’s room and I needed a place for Little E’s stuffed animals that wouldn’t fit on his bed. I decided to try and use the shawl as an animal hammock hung in the corner of the room.
It worked!
I now have a place for the extra animals and a use for the shawl.
1:22 pm on January 23rd, 2007
I love the animal hammock! I’ve always envisioned three hammocks hung from one corner of my boys’ room with all their stuffies in them. Using the shall is a great idea.
Have you tried the Provo Craft knitting boards?
Oh, BTW - I made your Bob and Larry. They came out great! I’m making Jerry Gourd right now, but using double points for it. (I’m trying to see if I can covert the pattern to a loom)
1:26 pm on January 23rd, 2007
Oh that’s great about Bob and Larry. I hadn’t thought about making any other characters. That sounds wonderful.