#1) I apologize for the topic deviation -- I need help/and, well, since I"m here all the time I was hoping someone crafty could fill this request. You see, years ago Debbie crocheted this beautiful little doily thing for me. I'd tucked it aside (she made two!) for special ocassions.
In any event I also happen to have this pretty green vase and wanted to hang it from the wall with a vine in it. Vine has been gotten, an the doily looked great -- very starry -- but I've tied it up using tiny blue ribbon. I'd like to replace the ribbon with (approximately!) six feet of matching yarn. But it's cotton thread like versus yarn-yarn, and I didn't want to hunt/find/buy a full skein for a couple of yards.
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to make this short (or is it too late for that now?) I'd likeapproximately 6' of the stuff -- and of course am willing to reimburseyour postage too. I'm in the states -- Florida and would very muchappreciate your assistance. It really will look better with the strandsgoing up the same color, don't you think? Thanks for considering my request, and for your patience re the off-topic post.
P.S. - The ribbon is a leftover from a needleroll. (There, back on topic!)
Janice, the yarn looks to me like Coats & Clark "Sugar & Cream", which is a tapestry weight cotton. It comes in various variegated colors as well as solid colors. A local store carries a good variety. It's
*very* cheap. Do you want solid or something that approximates what the doily is made of?
Hi Dianne. I'm hoping for something similar or a solid cream colored -- same thread though (um, yarn thickness versus skinny because i'm going to pull it all up (following the way I did the blue ribbon) and make the stars pointy sort of.
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-- I've got some fabrics tomake curtains (going to go with a watery/starry effect) and the vase issupposed to hang in the middle.Fabrics here:
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've got a fourth blue "almost" moda with stripes and bubbles for belowthe whales, and will go with a couple of green modas as long seaweedsfrom the bottom. These layers will be not straight and rigid but curvyinstead. I'll also probably use some brighter colors (along the bottomof the curtains) and applique fans.Yes, that should keep me out of trouble for a time! Still, I don'tanticipate the curtains being all that difficult. I'm not gatheringthem per se -- will just slide them on rods and be done with it. Oncethe black-stars layer is done at the top, the rest should pin/stitchtogether quite casually. I'm going to attempt to keep the whales bodiesfrom being chopped -- that layer will be the most difficult, especiallymaking it work with the planets above. The "fun" part is that none of these fabrics was bought with this intended use. I've been sorting my crafting and these just went together so well in my mind... and then my friend Sarah gave me the vine and I had that vase, and then the doily worked and and and.
I do manage to keep myself busy. Though I appreciate the offer to buy, I'm really just looking for a tiny bit -- specifically 6 feet will suffice and more wouldn't be used. I don't even think I'll need 6 full feet but asked for a bit extra "just in case"
And yes, I should have measured the blue ribbon before I tied it -- there are 8 points to the star, and all are woven around the neck of the vase, around another ribbon piece. Anyway, the shape is pleasing to me. I like it -- just think it would look better if the blue ribbon was the same/similar to the base part. I'll also make a little ring gizmo thingie to hang it on the wall with the excess from the weaving part.
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