a p p a r e n t l y

I’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?