tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070073334378425698.post-50463486830325454542008-06-28T14:36:00.007+10:002008-06-28T14:57:51.475+10:00Cupboards can hide many things...metaphorically, and as in todays' example, quite literally.<br /> <br />I'd completely forgotten about this.<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXB-H-cFUI/AAAAAAAAA3c/xmQeW4GDEZw/s1600-h/DSCF3869.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXB-H-cFUI/AAAAAAAAA3c/xmQeW4GDEZw/s400/DSCF3869.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216789016415573314" /></a>It must be 6 years ago that I began this rug, in the hope I think, of both wishing myself pregnant, and with a girl. No pink rugs have ever been required at the Tin House, but the bag containing this incomplete masterpiece fell out onto my head this morning as I dislodged a blanket from the linen closet.<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXCageQI5I/AAAAAAAAA3k/uPNZc9qLoAc/s1600-h/DSCF3870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXCageQI5I/AAAAAAAAA3k/uPNZc9qLoAc/s400/DSCF3870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216789504027796370" /></a> The reason I never finished it, is I could never find anyone who could crochet, to show me how to bind the edges. <br /><br />Well, these days of course, I'm feeling a bit more self-reliant, and I attacked it again. (that and my acquisition of a "how to knit and crochet" pamphlet from the op shop)<br /><br />Forty minutes later, it was done.<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXCtWzHRJI/AAAAAAAAA3s/IPfFpljEkpM/s1600-h/DSCF3871.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_OJQJK6giw4I/SGXCtWzHRJI/AAAAAAAAA3s/IPfFpljEkpM/s400/DSCF3871.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216789827848455314" /></a>Our eldest son's very best friend in the whole wide world has just acquired a baby sister. I'm wondering if this little lady whose name is Ruby, would need such a rug? I only hesitate because it was my first ever crochet project and it's not perfect. It's a bit uneven and I know I could do better now. <br /><br />With no false modesty intended, do you think it's ok to give a handmade gift if it's not perfect? I'm not sure. Do you have any ideas about how to make it better. (unravelling and beginning again NOT being on the agenda). I'm wondering if I should create a lining for one side of pink polar fleece or something like that. <br /><br />Ideas? <br /><br />Lisa x<br /><br />p.s. tonight is "movie night" at our place. "Movie Night" involves two little boys snuggling under blankets in front of the tv after dinner, and scoffing buttered popcorn while watching something they haven't seen before. Tonight's feature premiere is "Big" starring Tom Hanks (circa...late 80's?). I picked it up for peanuts at Big W last week and given the premise of the film is the complicated nature of being a grown man, versus being a little boy with a loving family, I think it will really hit the spot. Fingers crossed our Tin House baby will be fast asleep before the action begins.The Tin Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422547957232680227noreply@blogger.com