Dear Laura:
Well, after my marathon snow-day-of-knitting, I was physically "tired of knitting!" As much as I enjoyed a day curled up under a blanket with my knitting, my hands and wrists ached, and I even had pains in my shoulder as late as Sunday. So, I backed off and didn't knit much of anything except for a bit on the mittens during my lunch hours. Saturday evening, I finished off the second mitten! Ta da!
That's a "drop-in" project off the list for February!
Ahem. However. Saturday morning I ran errands, and I took my almost-13-year-old niece along to Rural King, where she needed to buy a larger halter and girth strap for the horse they are boarding, and she is learning to ride. This is a HUGE horse. The saddle they are using has a 32" girth strap, and my brother told her to buy 42-44". The largest strap that Rural King carried was 36".
Now, a girth strap goes under the belly of the horse and is tightened to keep the saddle from sliding off (for anyone who doesn't do horse stuff. Like me.) There is a ring on both ends of a strap which is either made of leather or knotted/braided cord. (You see where this is going, don't you?????) Seriously. You just need something sturdy and 3-4" wide - you can make it out of anything. Like this.....
We bought the rings and I got started. My original plan was to knit the strap wider, maybe garter stitch, and then felt it to stop it from stretching. However, after a couple of hours knitting with size 11 needles and Lamb's Pride Bulky (don't you love the colors?? It was all I had in my stash....) with that heavy ring hanging off the end, I only had about 7" - but very sore hands. Plan B involves doubled yarn and crochet. I'll let you know how that plays out.
Hmm, first a knitted cow sling and now a crocheted girth strap. I'm afraid I'm going to end up being famous as "The Fiber Artist of Farm Animals!"
Keep knitting!
Cynthia (aka Designated Knitter)
Well, after my marathon snow-day-of-knitting, I was physically "tired of knitting!" As much as I enjoyed a day curled up under a blanket with my knitting, my hands and wrists ached, and I even had pains in my shoulder as late as Sunday. So, I backed off and didn't knit much of anything except for a bit on the mittens during my lunch hours. Saturday evening, I finished off the second mitten! Ta da!
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That's a "drop-in" project off the list for February!
Ahem. However. Saturday morning I ran errands, and I took my almost-13-year-old niece along to Rural King, where she needed to buy a larger halter and girth strap for the horse they are boarding, and she is learning to ride. This is a HUGE horse. The saddle they are using has a 32" girth strap, and my brother told her to buy 42-44". The largest strap that Rural King carried was 36".
Now, a girth strap goes under the belly of the horse and is tightened to keep the saddle from sliding off (for anyone who doesn't do horse stuff. Like me.) There is a ring on both ends of a strap which is either made of leather or knotted/braided cord. (You see where this is going, don't you?????) Seriously. You just need something sturdy and 3-4" wide - you can make it out of anything. Like this.....
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We bought the rings and I got started. My original plan was to knit the strap wider, maybe garter stitch, and then felt it to stop it from stretching. However, after a couple of hours knitting with size 11 needles and Lamb's Pride Bulky (don't you love the colors?? It was all I had in my stash....) with that heavy ring hanging off the end, I only had about 7" - but very sore hands. Plan B involves doubled yarn and crochet. I'll let you know how that plays out.
Hmm, first a knitted cow sling and now a crocheted girth strap. I'm afraid I'm going to end up being famous as "The Fiber Artist of Farm Animals!"
Keep knitting!
Cynthia (aka Designated Knitter)
Well, at least you're getting use out of all of your finished items! My six year old still won't wear the Fana cardigan I made for him because it still itches...so maybe I should start making girth straps, too? I love the mittens.... There's just something about a fresh pair of mittens.....
ReplyDeleteOOO, yeah. I wonder if the horse is gonna "whinney" about the yarn being itchy.....
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