Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Cushion Formerly Known As Puff Daddy

Everyone in the world needs a puff! It's the perfect thing for resting your feet on after a long hard days work while reading a book. Or for little kids to sit on when watching tv. And the best thing is it knits up super fast!!!

Mustard Puff

Yarn: Cleckheaton Country Wide in Sunshine
Time Taken: 2 days
Actual Knitting Time: approx 4 hours including assembly.

Mustard Puff

I found this pattern last week on Ravelry and instantly knew I wanted to make one. All I needed were some big fat needles and some big fat wool. Thus the epic search began. So I went to Spotlight and searched and searched but all I could find was fat wool in the wrong colour and skinny wool in the right colour. I walked up and down those aisles for half an hour hoping to find something and nothing. So I went home and searched the internet. All the shops I found had the perfect coloured wool in the perfect ply but were so expensive Corey would have shot me if I purchased them. One was going to cost me $200 to buy enough wool to make one puff. Outrageous!!!

Mustard Puff

Then I had the bright idea to search ebay and my prayers were answered. In a little ebay shop called yarn-4-u I found the perfect yarn at the perfect price. Now this is not a paid advertisement but I feel it is my duty to share with you how good this shop is. I found the wool Monday and had it by Wednesday. This seller is super efficient and answers all questions promptly so if you are considering purchasing wool on ebay I would check this shop out.

Mustard Puff

Now I'm off to pop my feet up and have a cup of tea before work. Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!!!

11 comments:

  1. I LOVE it!! I have this in my queue too and want to make a few so that I can put some in my son's bedroom and of course some in the living room! What did you use to stuff it?

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  2. Wow, wow, wow...this is so cool! I really would like to learn to knit!

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  3. looks fantastic Kat! great job :)

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  4. Looks super comfy - and I can't believe how quickly you put it together! You are super woman!

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  5. Oh my gosh, I have been wanting to make one of these for SO long! I love the colour you have chosen. How many balls did it take you??? My boyfriend even likes it.... and thats saying something... :-)

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  6. Haha puff daddy! I can't believe you whipped it up so quickly!

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  7. Such an awesome idea!! I am sorely tempted to follow suit.

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  8. Wow, this is awesome!! Maybe I need to graduate from scarf knitting to puff knitting, hehe!!

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