I was wondering why the gift wrap was so hard to cut. Oops! I was cutting the cord of my headphones. Not the cheesy white earbuds. The good full-size Sennheisers. They were lying on the table. Under the gift wrap. I didn't see them. I managed to mend them, sort of, with some electrical tape, but I began to think about all the time I spend ferreting around after my devices, and all the times I have dropped them and whatever they are tangled in while bounding up to answer the old school landline in the other room.
I also began to think about what I really like to make: problem solvers and practical items. Here's a new one, a pouch on a cord to hold my listening device, so I can listen and knit without danger of strangulation. Or decapitation. Bonus: a finished object in the first week of the New Year.
I'll probably have to break out the neon orange yarn and crochet a few more. But while I like the end result, I think my on-the-fly construction method on this one was overly complicated. Back to the drawing board.
You know, that's a shockingly obvious, yet delightful, idea. I never thought of it, but it would make things a lot easier when running around the house crafting, cleaning, cooking, or generally being productive.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear about your headphones, though I'm glad you were able to mend them!