Pinterest Project #3 - Yarn Bottles
Pinterest Project #3 was a yarn bottle. I love yarn bottles. I think they are so pretty. I don't, however, enjoy wrapping the yarn around the bottle.
I got about 5 glass bottles from my mom who was saving them for recycling before she realized that the recycling pickup does not take any glass items. So I got the cast-off bottles. My daughters were into finger-weaving a couple of years ago and had some yarn leftover, jumbled into a ball and stuffed in a box in the closet.
So I sat down with the five bottles and yarn and started wrapping the yarn around the first bottle. Wrapping yarn around a bottle is tedious and boring. But, I will begrudgingly admit that it was pretty to look at. After I did the neck of the bottle, I thought about quitting until I found some shorter bottles. Then I decided to at least finish ONE bottle. Surely I could manage to finish one bottle.
I got about 3/4 way done and let it sit on the table for awhile while I went to watch TV. But I could still see the bottle sitting on the table over to the left. I tried to ignore it. I turned the TV up like that would help. I even went as far as to get up and move it out of my peripheral vision. After an hour of mind-numbing TV, I got up and finished the bottle. It is now standing tall on the top of the entertainment center. I feel a twinge of accomplishment when I see it... that's a big thing. I very rarely finish things I start. I didn't realize when I began this whole 365 days of Pinterest projects challenge that with each completed project I would have a feeling of accomplishment. Nice side benefit. Even on a down day.
I got about 5 glass bottles from my mom who was saving them for recycling before she realized that the recycling pickup does not take any glass items. So I got the cast-off bottles. My daughters were into finger-weaving a couple of years ago and had some yarn leftover, jumbled into a ball and stuffed in a box in the closet.
So I sat down with the five bottles and yarn and started wrapping the yarn around the first bottle. Wrapping yarn around a bottle is tedious and boring. But, I will begrudgingly admit that it was pretty to look at. After I did the neck of the bottle, I thought about quitting until I found some shorter bottles. Then I decided to at least finish ONE bottle. Surely I could manage to finish one bottle.
I got about 3/4 way done and let it sit on the table for awhile while I went to watch TV. But I could still see the bottle sitting on the table over to the left. I tried to ignore it. I turned the TV up like that would help. I even went as far as to get up and move it out of my peripheral vision. After an hour of mind-numbing TV, I got up and finished the bottle. It is now standing tall on the top of the entertainment center. I feel a twinge of accomplishment when I see it... that's a big thing. I very rarely finish things I start. I didn't realize when I began this whole 365 days of Pinterest projects challenge that with each completed project I would have a feeling of accomplishment. Nice side benefit. Even on a down day.