Before lunch today I managed to squeeze in fifteen minutes of knitting and got this completed.
I needed something to hold down the curling edges so the general shape would show, and I chose some seasonally appropriate weights. After the setup row, I have 39 rows of stocking stitch in the outer shoulder.
Yesterday I decided to finally take action on my need for a draught stopper (otherwise known as a door snake). This bedroom door was, at some point in its hundred-year-old history, cut a little short and the light/noise/draughts have been driving me crazy for the four years we've lived here.
Instructions: 1. Measure the exact width of the door opening. In my case, 30".
2. Cut a piece of sturdy fabric (I used Essex linen/cotton) 30 + 1" wide x 13" tall.
3. Fold the fabric over and sew a tube using a small stitch and a 1/2" seam and leaving one end open.
4. Turn right side out and press. Also press the raw edges of the open end to the wrong side in a half inch hem.
5. Fill the bag with dried beans -- lots of them. The finished bag will be quite heavy!
6. Pin the opening closed and edge stitch it. I decided to do this instead of hand stitching the closure because I felt it would be so much stronger. Done!
P.S. You are right if you noticed that the door colour doesn't match the trim. This is the room I painted a couple of weeks ago and I deliberately left the door until a later date.
