Before I ramble there's something I've been meaning to do for a while. I got a comment a while back about the Liebster Blog award. Heard of it? Yeah even google doesn't have a real answer for it. It's some blogger way sharing your favourite blogs and giving them a bit of a boost.. I think..
Anyway! One of my favourite blogs is Work In Prowess, who also happens to be a Corkonain. Okay, she did pass this "award" onto me but this isn't some blogger etiquette where I say how great she is because she said some lovely things about this blog. It's one of a few blogs that genuinely makes me laugh.. OUT LOUD. I gotta admit, it's pretty easy to get bored of peoples blogs. Heck, I don't even blame you if you're not reading mine right now. But this one. This one is a keeper.
Numero 2! I'm not sure if this is even bloggy enough for this but Ian Francis is one of my favourite artists. The best thing I love about this is that it's not just images of finished pieces, it's the development of his ideas and studies. If you wanna see his finished work look see here.
And lastly, Stephen Morton. Another art blog. Another Corkonian. I absolutely love his style. You could look at some of his drawings for hours, go back to it and find something you never noticed first time. I hate trying to write out why I love something because it never feels justified so just look at it.
...So yeah, bees are cute. Cushions are huggy. It's a winning combination.
I started off knitting a square cushion cover but it just wasn't bumble enough so I safety pinned the corners of the cushion together to get a rounder plump shape. After sewing the cover up I sewed the corners into a rounder shape as well and just tucked the corners into the cushion. If you do wanna try make something like this you should really knit it round but if you're a little lazy you could do it this way.
Hi. What is a "Corkonain." please? I googled and all I got was Corkonian: a resident of a particular county in Ireland. Is that what you mean? Cute cushion... but I don't really "get" your instructions. Are you supposed to knit this with that polyester fake fur yarn? Is that what you did?
ReplyDeleteCorkonian is just a word for someone who lives in Cork in Ireland. I don't think it's even a real word.
ReplyDeleteYa, I used cheap fluffy wool for it. It looks a bit like this http://www.blackrockcreek.com/images/Flurry.jpg There's not much to it really, you're just knitting a rectangular piece and then folding it over itself with a bit of overlapping. Then just sew it up!