I Did It!
Perhaps it's because I feel a bit better today, or perhaps it's because I have been spending soooooo much time knitting, but today I found the gumption to try a fabric & rope bowl. The book Andy gave me for my birthday, is written by a free-thinker after my own heart (when on cold medication, one can mix metaphors). She says scraps of fabric work just fine, and it doesn't really matter how you cut them. The book I bought says quite specifically that one MUST cut strips on the bias and they MUST be a very specific width. I'm always suspicious of "musts," as they are so often wrong. In chemistry, I believe "musts." In making baskets, I have my doubts. So, this week while wallowing in self-pity, I cut fabric strips I just used pinking sheers and not a single one is perfectly straight, but again, the author said it wouldn't really matter. I've only seen these baskets made with cotton fabrics, and being me, I wanted to see what ...