Over at Readymade magazine they like recycling. No, they really like recycling! So they were asking, “What would you make with broken glass?” They even have a contest in conjunction with Macro-Sea, they are putting on a contest. But first a bit about Macro-Sea and where they fit into this. They are a design firm that started converting dumpsters into pools in Brooklyn, NY. That caught on quite a bit so now they’ve come up with Glassphemy, a psychological glass recycling center. You go there and hurl your glass bottles against bullet proof glass to relieve some of the pent up frustrations you may be acquiring in your day to day life. The broken glass is then recycled. Certainly sounds interesting. So think about what you would make with broken glass. Check out the lamp made with a jar and some broken glass. Pretty cool…
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Take It Easy with the Bessie Scarf
Sometimes you just need a little something to occupy your hands that will make a cute and wearable accessory when you’re done.
Enter the Bessie Scarf by Gavriella Treminio , a bias knit garter stitch and eyelet scarf that’s a perfect relatively mindless project.
It’s worked from one of the long ends, so you can make it with a single skein of DK weight yarn (or use another yarn weight if you’d rather) and make it as wide as you want or have yarn available for.
The edges use slipped stitches for a nice clean edge.
This is a great piece to make with one of those special vacation skeins of yarn that you buy because you’re at a local yarn shop and you don’t know what to do with it when you get home. You have those, right?
It makes a lightweight scarf that you can add to an outfit any time of year, and it comes with a bit of history.
Bessie is named for Bessie Coleman, who was the first Black and Native American woman aviator in the United States. She was known for her flying tricks and she encouraged women and Blacks to reach for their dreams. What a lovely legacy and person to reflect on while you knit.
I love a good eyelet pattern, and little holes can be really effective as a way to add a pattern to an otherwise simple project. Here are a few more eyelet projects for you to try.
Many years ago I actually shared a couple more patterns that include eyelets and bias knitting (who knew there were so many?).
The Zeffira top uses eyelets as a design element that starts with dense diamonds at the bottom and fades to single eyelets toward to top. Or try to Lovell top, which has allover eyelets. Both are great projects for spring and summer!
[Photo: Gavriella Treminio]