My felted-jumper (sweater) stash has been getting a little out of control lately. I've been gathering them to play with a few bag/teaching-related ideas in mind, but haven't got as far as putting the ideas into action.
Last week, while trying to
magically transform our busy, creative family home into a display house for inspection (no mean feat), I realised the old couch cushions needed a bit of a spruce-up. Funny, how I hadn't noticed the shabbiness until I saw them through strangers' eyes.
One evening after work, I pulled out some heavy denim (
from Rathdowne Remnants) and a few felted jumpers that matched our floor rug, with the intention of making one side of each cushion in wool and the other in denim. But when I cut the arms off the jumpers, I was inspired in a different direction altogether.
I fell in love with the juxtposition of the different textures and the contrast of the denim blue. It broke up the matchy-matchiness of the wool cushions and the wool rug. The circles of felted-jumper-arm suddenly looked like the remnants of shells, clinging to a rocky shore.
I especially liked that they were REALLY QUICK to make.
To date, they haven't impressed any prospective house buyers enough to buy the house, but I quite like them.
