Comments on: Cowl Finished, Knitting Slump

By: Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Shawl Storage?

Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Shawl Storage? — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:02:40 +0000

[...] it would topple over!) We talked about where you store your “most wearable knits” in my blog post back in November, but really, shawls are different than scarves and take a little extra care to keep them looking [...]

By: Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Mannequins

Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Mannequins — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:44:36 +0000

[...] at a shop going out of business this past summer and used it as a mold. (You can see that mannequin here.) He used a quick-set plaster gauze that you can find at an art or medical supply store or on [...]

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:51:45 +0000

My scarves and shawls and cardigans are all mostly draped over a chair in my craft room. I leave my bag in there (as it is a cat and dog free zone), and so I have to go into that room every day before I leave the house. Of course, my mittens have already taken up permanent residence in my bag.

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:52:51 +0000

I have a couple of large and pretty baskets that I have piled high and put in the living room where I pass them going out either the front or back door. One for scarves, one for hats. Mittens tend to stay in pockets. lol

By: Cherylann

Cherylann — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:46:45 +0000

After reading the blog and seeing the pictures, I decided the cowl was the perfect gift for my besties. (But I guess that’s the point, right?) One quick question: which size did you knit?

By: Loribird

Loribird — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:33:28 +0000

About ten years ago, after a hurricane, I found a fantastic piece of driftwood on the beach. It’s about the length you’d want for a walking stick, though substantially thicker, and was rubbed to a satin smoothness by the salt water and sand. It has tiny barnacles at one end, and I hung it on the wall as “natural art.” Didn’t take long before I started draping hand-knit scarves and shawls on it…

By: Kathy 'KnitInPupLick'

Kathy 'KnitInPupLick' — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:44:01 +0000

I do like the mannequin for display; also like the Longaberger basket

By: Margie at Lavender Cottage

Margie at Lavender Cottage — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:36:50 +0000

I’m lucky – I have two spots. One is hanging on a decorative hanger on one of the doors to my workroom. It’s a nice display and I can grab it as I’m walking down the hall. The other place is right inside the backdoor. There is a tiny landing with a beautiful mounted group of coat hooks on a slab of maple. Again pretty as a display but really convenient. I never hung up a coat all winter. The cool thing was actually making a ritual out of hanging all the winter stuff up in the closet in April. This winter I want to work on a Mara shawl in a cotton blend and that will live on the coat rack next summer!!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:43:23 +0000

I did keep them in a canvas box-y thing on the landing… until someone suggested to me that moths might find a happy little nest in there. Not that I’ve heard that moths are a big problem in northern Colorado. But not wanting to risk it, now they are all folded nicely inside two clear topped zippered under-the-bed canvas garment storage bags (as in one inside the other … zip-zip.)

By: Lacey

Lacey — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:30:43 +0000

It’s comforting to hear that losing one’s knitting mojo isn’t a horribly uncommon thing from time to time. I’m fairly new to knitting (all things considered) and I’m sad to admit that I haven’t really touched my projects for several days. Perhaps I should start something else along with you! Anywho, I LOVE the mannequin idea as a scarf/cowl hanger. Very cute!
~Lacey