Are you looking for a way to be green, or environmentally correct, this season? How about recycling one holiday decoration for another? That's exactly what I decided to do when a friend of mine gave me a very large box of plastic Easter eggs in assorted colors and sizes. The picture above is an example of one of the large Easter eggs after it became a shiny new Christmas tree ornament. All you need is a little Needloff metallic cord, the Easter Egg pattern posted on this blog, and about 30 minutes. The egg is once again reborn (post 3-5-07)!!
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7 comments:
Super neat Brenda! And it looks beautiful! I love re-purposed things. Or up-cycled. Or however you like to think of it ;)
OH, CUTE! I was about to go ask Jenny if she had seen it already, but I guess she beat me to it. LOL!
Adorable, and a very unique ornament! Great job.
Love these! I made a bunch of your Bright Bells for my tree - they look beautiful. I do have a question; how do you handle the tail when you change colors on the bell or the egg? I find it kind of hard to weave the needleloft so that it is not obvious. Yours look seamless!
Thanks again for sharing!
Michelle
Hey Michelle,
Always leave at least a 3 inch yarn tail on both the old and new color. After knitting a couple of rounds, I join the old & new yarn tails by tying them into a square knot of the wrong side and weave the ends into the fabric. Doing it this way you can cinch the hole shut. The site explains the process of joining yarn plus other tips:
http://yarngear.com/looms/tips.htm
I encorporated your double hearts into the edging of a double yarn Nifty knitter blanket. It has 6 panels and 12 hearts. I really like your new site! Thanks for the pattern.D
I would love to see your blanket with the double hearts border. I would never have thought to use them that way.
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