Sunday, 2 October 2011

Happy Hooker Backwards Project #36: The Doris Day Mat

A big finale post today!  Wooop!

Been working on this one for a while on and off so I am glad it is finally done and I can share the finished result.  Ready?  Behold the Doris Day Mat!

Doris Day Mat

Made with garden jute and builder's twine (the stuff they use for plumb lines etc) it was a slightly unusual project.  The builder's twine in those colours had to be ordered online so it wasn't exactly cheap, but it's all in the name of the Happy Hooker Backwards, so what's a few quid here and there, eh?

Lillia kindly agreed to doing a little modelling for me and I am sure you will agree she makes an excellent foot model...

Doris Day Mat


Doris Day Mat

The flowers are sweet and they were really rather fun to make with the strange builder's twine.  I do like pink and white together especially...

Doris Day Mat

Doris Day Mat

So here's the lowdown on the Happy Hooker Backwards Project no.36 - The Doris Day Mat by Faith Landsman:

  • Cost - about £17.  The garden jute was cheap as chips but the builder's twine in funky colours was a bit pricey.  So all-in-all this was a pretty expensive door-mat.  A Harrods category doormat.
  • Yarn - Green garden jute and builder's twine.
  • Hook - 4mm, 6.5mm and 10mm. 
  • Difficulty - It was an easy project, the mat itself is fairly basic and once you get used to working with garden jute (which smells all....gardeny) you zip along.  The flowers too are easy as pie, though you should secure the ends with superglue to stop them undoing.
  • Overall happiness with finished object - I'm a little bit "meh" about this one.  Could be the fact that I am not sure how much use this will get, and I do like things to get used.  It could also be the vast mount of steroids coursing through my veins and making me a miserable grumpy old moo bag of course.  But overall I am rather happy with it, and Lillia thinks it'll make a nice garden for Barbie :)

    • So that's the fifth project completed!  Time for Project 6...or rather 35...

    Skullholders! Next pattern


    "Skullholders" by Kacy Fallon!  I am *SO* excited about this one! I have been crocheting for a while now and I have done most techniques but never colour work and I am so eager to give this a go! 

    Skullholders! Next pattern!

    Plus I really need potholders, truly I do.  The ones I have are really grotty old ones and I need some new ones to spruce up the kitchen.  Plus if I can master these they are going to make excellent gifts for people :)  So, time to get started, no time like the present!
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    3 comments:

    1. sara2 October 2011 at 09:48

      The mat is so pretty, I love the way the flowers are casually strewn across it, and is just the right size to fit umder my computer desk to warm my cold toes on........we have laminate flooring everywhere at the moment, with coconut matting on the stairs.......all our carpets had to be removed a few years ago due to Jade's latex allergy, poor child also has nut, wheat and gluten allergies to go along with it. I will have to have a look out for this crochet book, your next project looks brilliant, although I'm still a bit of a learner with crochet.
      lily x

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    2. Pink Milk2 October 2011 at 12:50

      What a brilliant idea! I do so love the flowers but, to keep the cost down, it would still very attractive without. Does garden jute come in different colours? (she asks naively with fanciful ideas of making something similar in mint green or pink ..!!!)

      Good luck with the potholder - I've been eyeing up a gingham one but am a little scared of getting into a huge ratty pickle with the colour swapping!

      Hx

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    3. june at noon3 October 2011 at 02:36

      Who would've guessed builder's twine comes in colors like that! Well done.

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