In the last few weeks I found, felt thoughtfully, then tore up and knitted a soft white doona cover with pale olive green flowers on it, into a really interesting and engaging scarf. I added some olive green sequined wool and a knitted flower in a variation of the sequined wool, and am delighted with the results.

So delighted, I made a second. (Note for potential doona cover ripperupperers – you can get about 2.5 average-length scarves out of one doona cover )

I feel great about this project:

a) because I don’t think the doona cover would’ve made it onto a shelf in an op shop: it was past its use-by date; and

b) because I feel like the most virutous & artsy person in the world because of it, which makes me feel like painting!!

So, hurrah to creative pursuits that support reducing, reusing and recycling, and from turning non-desirable items back into items d’art and of desire.

I hope you get a brainwave soon that makes you feel as good as this project made me feel!

P.S. I just bought another sheet from an oppy shop in Warrandyte. It is white with pinky tulips on it. Who knows what she’ll be combined with and what she’ll look like when I’m through. One thing I know for sure, though, is . she’s going down the same track as doona cover number 1!!