Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 22, 2009 in
Going Green,
Homemaking Made Easy,
The Soap Box
I recycle! Yes, I do. In fact, you might say I have a bit of a problem.
I’ve have been asked, and answered with complete seriousness, the question, “Are you keeping this dryer lint for a project?”
I won’t tell you how I answered.
It all started with using wool as a cloth diaper cover. It worked so [...]
Tags: Blog Blast, cloth diapers, eco-friendly, green living, longies, natural living, recycling, SC Johnson Nature's Source, Sewing, The Parent Bloggers Network, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 23, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Knitting,
Motherhood,
cloth diapering
It’s Fiber Friday again, and as I promised, I am about to send you down rabbit holes aplenty and I guarantee you will never change a cloth diaper again because you will be too busy clicking around the fabulous sites for eco-minded moms.
If you are new to cloth diapering in general Green Mountain Diapers is [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, caring for wool, cloth diapering, cloth diapers, eco-friendly, Emma Kwasnica, etsy, facebook, free longies patterns, how to wash cloth diapers, lanolizing, longies, recycling, war on nipples, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 16, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Knitting
This is supposed to be fiber Friday, though I’ve been a total slacker on that front for a while. It’s not that I haven’t been busy with sewing and knitting and such – I just haven’t written about it.
So in the grand spirit of discipline that I am *so* good at – I am forcing [...]
Tags: cloth diapering, cloth diapers, diaper covers, how to wash wool, Knitting, lanolizing, longies, recycled sweaters, sewing diaper covers, shorties, thrift store sweaters, wool, wool interlock, wool jersey, wool pants
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Nov 14, 2008 in
Fiber Friday
I have declared Fridays “Fiber Fridays,” and in keeping with that theme I wish to point you in the direction of this lady, who is a master at finding great sweaters to use for all kinds of projects. I am envious of her scavenging abilities, but it seems she lives in a bigger area than [...]
Tags: christmas, eco-friendly, environment, etsy, fabric, fiber art, Fiber Friday, gifts, handmade, holiday, Knitting, recycling, Sewing, sweaters, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Nov 7, 2008 in
Fiber Friday
nother hobby. Yes indeedy, that’s what I have found. Instead of figuring out where to bring my son for the therapy he needs, or addressing the fact that my daughter skipped two classes yesterday, I decided to make nuno felt. Because, you know, nothing says “good mother” like using craftastic sublimation.
But seriously – the whole [...]
Tags: crafting, dyeing, felt making, fiber art, hobbies, Knitting, nuno felt, roving, silk, wool
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Mar 1, 2008 in
Knitting,
Uncategorized
My first blog entry, and I’m too stinkin’ tired to write anything useful. I’ve wasted the last hour trying to find just the right song for my blog, you know, the annoying things that play when you happen to land on someone’s site who chose that song-widget-thing.
Oh well – this is pretty much the story [...]
Tags: Knitting, widgets, wool