Help, there’s a monster on my back!
I HAVE DISCOVERED THE COOLEST THING EVER AND IT IS THIS:
That’s twisted cord, and it’s like… you take a bunch of yarn, and twist the crap out of it, and then fold it over and it twists around itself and STAYS THAT WAY. I don’t know how it stays that way. I assume leprechauns are involved somehow. And it takes no time at all to do. I know you all probably know about this already, but I didn’t, and it’s so very exciting.
See, I needed a drawstring for the monster backpack. Did I mention that the monster is going to be a backpack? I like functional monsters better than decorative ones. Anyway, drawstring, and I loathe I-cord so I googled for I-cord alternatives, thinking that I could do a crochet chain or something. And I found twisted cord. THIS IS LIKE ANGELS SINGING FROM THE HEAVENS, PEOPLE. I don’t know if you understand how much I hate I-cord. I should get one of those little machines where you turn a handle and it knits I-cord for you, and perhaps I will someday, but for now I don’t have to.
Here’s the body of the monster backpack. It doesn’t have a monster face yet, so I substituted a travel Hungry Hungry Hippos game in the photo, because they’re pretty much the same thing.
It’s for the Craftster June knitting challenge, which I’m really just using as an excuse to knit a monster. It’s not going to win anything, so that’s why I’m blabbing about it here instead of keeping it a SEEEECRET. It still needs a face, and straps, and a little pocket inside to hold keys and stuff. Maybe some legs too, so that it can do spirited monster dances when it thinks nobody is looking.
I told you I had a legitimate reason to purchase Fun Fur, dammit.
I rather enjoy fun fur, in its place! Found your blog through the Knitting Blogs webring, thought I’d stick around :) I’ll be excited to see an actual monster face instead of plastic children’s toy! :P
13 Jun 2007 at 12:10 pmI rather dig the toy myself…reminds me of the good old days, though I must say that I discovered I-cord awhile back and thought it was a god-send! However, as I am a fan of half-assed anything, I’ll give your method a go!
14 Jun 2007 at 9:05 am