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I think I would make an ice pack cover for my dear little Bourney! See, he does all this fighting and probably gets a little sore sometimes. Slip the ice pack in a sleeve, so he doesn't get ice burn on that pretty face. Then I might also embroider a secret code into his underwear, so he never forgets his, or my, name.
I sometimes wake up early on Saturday mornings to go do laundry, because it's less crowded. Today I woke up at 7:30! Which is before they even open, so I sat and made jewelry for a while, which was nice. I just got these two new cleaning supplies from Mrs. Meyer*s Clean Day in the geranium scent.On the left is an everyday shower spritzer and on the right, Laundry detergent.
Oh my gosh! My clothes smell so amazing! I couldn't stop smelling them as I folded. It's such a lady scent... I can't wait to go take a shower and wrap myself in a clean, geranium scented towel! (Can you tell I practically live for the shower??)
And now, because I said I would do it for every post not already having to do with "Inspired" ...
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The first thing I though of was a small, mesh bag with a drawstring. You could put your delicates it it to keep them from getting damaged or tangled. Or, I would put my favorite pairs of socks in there so I would be less likely to loose one. (I'm convinced it's the dryers, not human error!) I would crochet the bag out of cotton.
Another thing that would be fun would be to crochet some flowers out of wool and toss them in with the laundry. They would felt and then after every laundry day you would have a whole new garden!
I had this idea a while back to justify posts that had little to do with "Inspired Knitting." Here it is: at the end of every post that is more a story of life, I come up with a project inspired by the situation. I'll draw pictures, discuss yarns, etc. and prove my belief that you can really be inspire by ANYTHING!!!
I think my first attempt is a pretty good topic. I picked it to go with my my previous post about my bathroom. Read it first, Ok?
My First CHALLENGE!
In my cleaning frenzy, I removed a grubby toilet seat cover. I'm not really sure how it got there because I'm not a huge fan of toilet seat covers in the first place and doubt I bought it. Anyway, I deal with it and have come to realize that despite being a kind of hideous bathroom accessory (not to mention dirty) it has one function that I appreciate: quieting the crash of the toilet seat cover as it is dropped shut.
My challenge was to design a toilet seat cover that I could make myself and like the looks of. First a general construction note:
Some ideas I like but thought others might like too.
I personally would pretty much stick to cotton. It's easy to clean, durable and would dry quickly. Other options were thin strips of ripped up towel, cashmere for a luxury tooshie and maybe a chenille. What I dislike about store bought toilet covers is that they are non natural fiber carpet, so any homemade version would be better to me! I even thought it would be cute to take the idea of a rag rug... braided strips of fabric sewn into a circle... and use that as a cover. Cute, right? 
But my final decision is this 
A plain cotton top with a lace frill that hangs over the edge. So pretty I think I might actually make it!