I’m a little late posting due to Hurricane Irene blowing through NJ and having the power off for several days. You can read more about my hurricane experience here: (http://artmangreg.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-hurricane-irene-story.html). For now, I’d like to post the latest project: stars!
They are relatively easy to make, and I will have the complete directions in my upcoming book. In the meantime, I used the Bernat Glow in the Dark yarn on the flower loom for the small star and the blue round loom for the large star.
Knitting the stars doesn't take long, but shaping them afterwards will require a little nimble effort with the yarn needle. This time I dunked the completed stars in the fabric stiffener and saturated them before I placed them on a plastic bag, shaped and blocked them. After a couple of days they were both dry. They are perfect to hang in a child’s bedroom as a sweet little electricity-free night light! You might consider involving your child with creating a mobile using a coat hanger and some string, to hang the stars and make them seem as if they are floating in the child’s room. Along with the firefly I posted last month, your child’s room will be full of glowing nighttime novelties in no time!
Naturally, the camera was not steady for such a long exposure to capture the glow effect.
woa - OK - that's COOL. Are you going to stick them on your ceiling, so you can lie on your bed and look at the stars?
ReplyDeleteYes, very, very cool! When does your book come out? I'd like to purchase a copy :)
ReplyDeleteHaven't put them on the ceiling yet, but they certainly would look great up there! I'll keep you all updated on when the book will be out! Thanks for your interest : )
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