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Oh no Donuts

















I have plenty of stash, most very small amounts of yarn.  It is tough to figure out what to do with all these tiny amounts and frankly I'm too cheap to throw them out.  My stash of leftovers has grown to an impressive size.  So when someone wished that she could get something "artistic" regarding donuts, I offered to knit her a couple.  Using Susie Johns', 20 to Make:  Knitted Fast Food   I found a way to cut my stash and make someone happy, hopefully.
After knitting two donuts and sending them along I decided it might be fun to see what variations I could develop.  The donut to the right above was designed around one with sprinkles now available from Tim Horton's.  I added plastic with yarn on another to get a glazed look.  Tiny white beads were added to others to make them appear sugared.  Before I knew it one donut became ten. So needing a container I got a clean donut box and filled it. 

 Since variety is what I want from a box of donuts, I added what I call long johns and donut holes.  Both creations were knit without a pattern.  The long johns let me practice some very easy colour change techniques and the Tim Bits (donut holes) offered up an opportunity to make a couple of soft balls for my step-grandson.  (Proportions are important and my first couple of attempts were too big.)                                                                                                                                   
After a few hours of work I used up some of my stash and filled a box with serious looking fried batter that won't ruin your diet.  Thank you for helping inspire me, Brittnie.  The box will be delivered soon.

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Location: Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, 1370 Napier St, Vancouver, BC V5L 3K3, Canada

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  1. Nicole Flagel2 October 2011 at 21:03

    Cool sight ma, although I cannot help but get a feeling of deja vu. I feel like I know someone else who blogs about their hobbies, I just can't think of who. Anyway it is high time that someone heralds the cause of knitted food stuffs and knitted food stuffs accessories.

    Dack

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  2. JFlag3 October 2011 at 20:01

    I agree the useless knitted items angle as been overlooked by the world for far too long. I'm here to right that wrong.

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  3. Nicole Flagel3 October 2011 at 21:11

    Useless is not quite right. They are useful... in owe way or another. But I feel non-functional encapsulates your knitted explorations. Art for art's sake. Knitted food for knitted food's sake. Entertaining and eccentric to be sure, but not useless!

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  4. JFlag5 October 2011 at 09:17

    Nicole note the change to the right in the about me section. Useless has been changed to not essential. Appreciate the help in making this correction.

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