Law of Gravity

I finally got the soles sewn onto the ugly slippers. Finally. It wasn't all that difficult, but as with all new things, it took me a while to get the hang of it. I'm not sure how well this works at keeping the slippers non-slip. I'll have to get back to you on that, after the recipients get their long-overdue Christmas presents and try them out. In case you'd like to try this yourself, the tutorial for this method is found here . I googled "soles on knitted slippers" and this site came up. As you can see, her soles look much, much better than mine. I used a faux leather fabric. Ah well. It's done now. Would I use this same method again? I don't know. It depends on how well the slippers work out. And with that, my Christmas 2018 knitting is done. Christmas 2017 knitting is still ongoing. Bedroom deluge update: I still have a big ol' hole in my ceiling.  It's pretty much the entire ceiling. It will not get repaired until the restoration company ...

I finally have a finished object to show off. There's no new news on the bedroom front. We're still waiting on the contractors to fix the hole in the ceiling. I've been in my bedroom for almost two weeks now, although most of my stuff is still sitting in the dining room. Sigh. It's good to be somewhat settled. I present the walking purse... In the first blog post where I mentioned it , I was asked "what's a walking purse?", so I felt I should explain. My father and his wife go for walks pretty much every morning. (Well, barring illness or injury.) They walk for an hour or more. Several years ago, my father's wife requested a small purse for these excursions. She wanted something big enough to hold her phone and a couple other odds and ends. She wanted it small so she wouldn't be tempted to put anything else in there. And the strap needed to be long enough so that she could wear it across her body. I made that purse several years ago. It's gotte...