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Tassels

tasselsI’m trying to complete all the items in my unfinished project pile. This includes capes for the preschool, a custom order of pincushions, a pair of pants to shorten, several half-finished patchwork hats (I’m willing to jettison these, or at least set them aside until next spring) and a strap-shortening job on a cute dress a friend gave to me. So instead what am I doing? Making tassels.

The September issue of Martha Stewart Living arrived this weekend, and I’ll confess that the first thing I do is turn to the Crafts section. This month: one tiny tutorial for tassels. And here I am with a bag of yarn ends and neglected novelty yarns languising in the closet. So I’ve made six tassels today: two in green bamboo, two in rayon ladder yarn and two silk (if I recall correctly – this was one of the very first yarns I purchased seven years ago. It’s lovely stuff, but completely useless for knitting).

Now what am I going to do with them?

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One Response to “Tassels”

  1. August 20th, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Tepary says:

    The thing that immediately springs to mind isn’t really very appropriate*, but perhaps as part of a gift wrap? Cat toys?

    *See what good friends, Velvet Glass, did with tassles, page down and click on more photos for the video http://www.velvetglass.com/tikipages/aboutus.html

    Pru

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