Heart Trivet Made from I Cord
Last Updated on January 18, 2019 by lydiaf1963
Do you realize Valentine’s Day is less than a month away? Are you planning to make something for your sweetie(s)? How about something decorative that will also use up some of your scrap yarn? Try your hand at an i cord heart trivet. It’s a fun project that doesn’t take a lot of effort if you use a knitting mill.
I cord is what you get when you use a knitting mill or spool knitter. You can also make the cord with a pair of double pointed knitting needles or a crochet hook, but it will take a lot longer. Check out my tutorial on how to use a knitting mill for more information.
My original idea was to make a woven trivet, but that turned out to be such a pain in the neck I decided to try something else.
When I was a kid, a popular yarn craft was to use strands of yarn to fill in a drawing and make a picture. My mother had an elaborate wall hanging based on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. It had a burlap background and was very attractive. I wish I had a photo of it to share. (Does anyone remember this craft? Or know if it has a proper name?) Anyway, I thought I’d fill in a heart shape with my i cord.
I cut a heart out of a piece of heavy paper and then used the cord to fill in the shape, gluing down and pinning the pieces as I went along. After the glue dried I trimmed away the excess paper. It added some stability to the project.
This would have worked out a lot better if I’d used my long pieces of i cord but I’d already cut it up when I attempted to make my woven piece. Instead of grafting the cut ends together, I was lazy and used glue to secure the loose ends. They poked up in the most annoying manner and the spots where the ends met were obvious. I covered up the worst ones with chocolate in the first image, hahaha.
This was pretty much a project fail. Oh well, live and learn. The next one will be better, as will yours. On the bright side, I used up some more yarn from my stash. That the project isn’t that attractive is beside the point, right?
Would you like to join us in our monthly craft challenge? You don’t have to be a blogger, all you need to do is upload your finished project to your facebook or instagram and you can share your image from there. Next month we will be making St Patrick’s Day crafts. The project is due February 15, 2019. Drop me a line in the comments or join the Creative Crafters Facebook Group to join in the fun!
