Things have been quiet this week, but still, seemingly, not much time for creative projects. Lately I've been working on some longer term projects.
Project one is an afghan which I'm crocheting from a baby blanket pattern. I'm just making it much larger. It's very thick and heavy. Still a loooong way to go on this.
Project two is pom poms for a Christmas garland. Clearly a lot more needed.
I'm using various sizes of Clover pom pom makers. I was so excited the day I bought these. I mean, stupidly excited. Alas, they have been kind of a disappointment. They are sturdy and don't bend up like the old-fashioned cardboard method, but I was expecting more from a pom pom maker. It has maker in the name, after all. I expected it to have a built-in cutting method or something. I wanted fast, easy and fun! Maybe it takes a glass of wine for the fun part.
The ad on Amazon says: "It is as easy as 1-2-3: wind, cut, tie, and remove!" They don't mention the last step: trim, trim, trim. Maybe I overload my makers, but my pom poms come out sort of oval with wonky pieces sticking out. Is this normal? I don't want a premade look, but this porcupine thing is ridiculous.
Still, I love pom poms. When I was a kid, we went to the Rainbow Skating Rink. The older girls, the ones with their own white leather skates, tied big fluffy pom poms on their skates. I coveted those. Then there were the streamer pom poms that other girls attached to the handlebars of their bikes. I coveted those, too. In high school, the cheerleaders had huge blue and white pom poms. There were only cheerleaders then, no separate squad of poms. And the pom poms were BIG; they seemed at least a foot wide, not these little hand-warmer poms of today. Need I say it? Coveted. So now I'm a grown-up girl who can have as many pom poms as I want. I don't know why it's taken me so long to decide to make some, but part of me is a little kid jumping up and down in excitement just waiting for that pom pom garland.
Project one is an afghan which I'm crocheting from a baby blanket pattern. I'm just making it much larger. It's very thick and heavy. Still a loooong way to go on this.
Project two is pom poms for a Christmas garland. Clearly a lot more needed.
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| untrimmed pom pom |
Still, I love pom poms. When I was a kid, we went to the Rainbow Skating Rink. The older girls, the ones with their own white leather skates, tied big fluffy pom poms on their skates. I coveted those. Then there were the streamer pom poms that other girls attached to the handlebars of their bikes. I coveted those, too. In high school, the cheerleaders had huge blue and white pom poms. There were only cheerleaders then, no separate squad of poms. And the pom poms were BIG; they seemed at least a foot wide, not these little hand-warmer poms of today. Need I say it? Coveted. So now I'm a grown-up girl who can have as many pom poms as I want. I don't know why it's taken me so long to decide to make some, but part of me is a little kid jumping up and down in excitement just waiting for that pom pom garland.
