42-2015 { crochet trivets )

One of my favourite crochet books is this one:

I can assure you it's not the only one, I have many.  Some might say too many, but hey, who are they to judge, right?

Anyway, If you're looking for a book full of stitches ideas, clear instructions both in diagram and written format, then this is your man.  Well, your book.

Enough rambling, the washing machine has just started beeping (oh Bosh people how I wish you scrapped that beep... sometimes I have three machines beeping at me, demanding attention... I can check when the cycle is finished... I will survive without THE BEEPING)... I need to write this and then I need to pick up No 3 from school and I must get in early or I'll never find a parking space and I'll be late and then we'll be late back and on Tuesday he has Latin homework and... it could get nasty!

So, crochet... ah yes, crochet and indigo.  I had this GAP jumper I never wore because, although the softest thing on earth, it was also rather chunky and I don't think chunky suits me and so I unravelled it (it could open the door to a whole new discussion on the subject "why on earth did I buy it", but that would take decades of psychoanalysis to explain and I don't have the time - see above paragraph).

There was a lot, A LOT, of cotton in that jumper.  Beautiful soft, thick cotton, which got turned into all sort of things and the last ball happened to fall into the indigo vat a few weeks ago.

Enter the above book, a large crochet hook and ta-daaahh

A simple stitch based on the UK double stitch, a few hours watching re-runs of NCIS (it's an obsession which is getting slightly out of hand... but let's not go there either) and I have a couple of thick (and soft, not that it's important here) trivet for my table.

Also... they're not really trivet though, are they?  I always thought trivets are made out of metal... or maybe wood?  What would you call them?

My mind is blank.

Shut down mode.  Zip.  Nada.  A barren desert... and yet I have a feeling there's another word out there that would describe these better.

All suggestions welcome.

 

Oh you stupid machine, STOP BEEPING AT ME!  I'M COMING!!!

 

Comments

[a touch of domesticity / katie sparrow]

Mats?!!

[Rebecca]

I'm so glad someone else has the same feelings about Bosch machines and their constant insistence on yelling at you repeatedly when they're done. Okay, okay, I get it, you finished the cycle, well done. *ugh* *sigh*

[driftwood]

my John lewis machine beeps. a LOT.
I was going to say mat too.
I do not like the sound of latin homework. at all.

[Knitlass]

Mug rug? (No? I hate it too..)

Coaster?

Um. Er.

Pot holder?

[Jacqui]

We too have a Bosch that beeps. And the bread machine makes a noise too. The man who laid our new flooring said that ours would be forever affectionately known as "the bleeping house".

[Amy at love made my home]

Oh the machines!!! They are always bleating it seems!! If only we could find a way to silence them.... Hmm.... Anyway, on to the trivety things, no idea for a better name than trivety things, but they are great aren't they!!! Perfect for hot pots or cold things or just looking pretty!! xx

[megan.young@maxnet.co]

I AM LOOKING FOR A BOOK FULL OF STITCHES AND IDEAS. Thanks M.

[Megan Young]

Oh, that was weird, why did it not post as me? Anyway. It's me. Hi.

[Megan Young]

I adore NCIS. Agent Gibbs, Abby, Tony - we are very good friends.

[Kate]

Bosch machines can be silenced! Google your particular machine along with "turn of beeping" and the answer should appear via the miracle of the internet. I turned mine off when I had napping babies but load of dirty laundry that needed to be washed. I think it involved holding two buttons simultaneously for two seconds until it beeped at me once...then no more beeping!

[Ali Whale]

My washer is in the garage and although that is a pain (it was sacrificed for a dishwasher) it could bleep all it liked and I would not be able to hear it. I suggest gorgeous blue mat..... Heatproof mat.... Table saving mat.... Table protector.
Ok, I need to stop now. Funnily enough I need to go and remove the sleeves from a crochet jumper and try and turn it into a something else, something wearable.

[Francesca]

pattina! :)