This mural, "The Blue Ridge Parkway", started out life as a shawl. I made it when we were in Austria. It is a sampler of some Austrian knitted lace patterns that I wanted to remember. After wearing this shawl for an audience with Pope John Paul II in 2002, I just couldn't wear it anymore -- after all, it would be a third class relic if he ever is canonized!
So, when we got back to the States later that year, my dear FIL made a frame to its exact dimensions and hammered in a gazillion black finishing nails and I just stretched it right onto the frame. I do occasionally take it off the frame to freshen it up, but then it goes right back on the frame for drying/hanging!
2 comments:
Oh, how neat!
Someone told me that Germans like to rip out old garments and knit new ones with the yarn.
Jenn,
Another thing you can do when you don't like the way something comes out -- if it's wool -- you can felt it and make something completely new. I made a multicolored vest that just wasn't right and felted it, cut it and made a tea cozy and coasters for my MIL!
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