I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Captain’s Log, Supplemental
Update August 2008: I wrote up the pattern for this with "improvements"! Here's the link to my No Cold Bums toilet seat cover!
Okay, remember a few days ago I was complaining about the cold toilet seat in my bathroom? Well, I decided to knit a seat cover. Not a lid cover, but a seat cover.
I went online and couldn’t find anything for the seat, just one pattern for the lid by Feminitz.com.
However, I took her pattern for the inside edge of the lid cover and modified it to make a seat cover. Here it is!
It’s really ugly stitch-wise because originally I made it too small and had to extend it a couple inches on each side. I figured I’d be the one staring at it, so who cared if the extension wasn’t perfectly invisible?
I used acrylic yarn since, well, that’s what I had, and also because it’s easy to wash. I’ll probably have to wash this cover every week or so, but it’s easy to take off—I made ties which you can see near the back of the seat.
And trust me, I’m a biologist—a good dunking in detergent and water, and any bacteria is toast.
No more cold toilet seat! What do you think?
Update: Actually, it looks even uglier now because I added ties to the front of the cover since it was slipping, and the ties distort the shape a bit. But no more cold bum!
Update August 2008: I wrote up the pattern for this with "improvements"! Here's the link to my No Cold Bums toilet seat cover!
Okay, remember a few days ago I was complaining about the cold toilet seat in my bathroom? Well, I decided to knit a seat cover. Not a lid cover, but a seat cover.
I went online and couldn’t find anything for the seat, just one pattern for the lid by Feminitz.com.
However, I took her pattern for the inside edge of the lid cover and modified it to make a seat cover. Here it is!
It’s really ugly stitch-wise because originally I made it too small and had to extend it a couple inches on each side. I figured I’d be the one staring at it, so who cared if the extension wasn’t perfectly invisible?
I used acrylic yarn since, well, that’s what I had, and also because it’s easy to wash. I’ll probably have to wash this cover every week or so, but it’s easy to take off—I made ties which you can see near the back of the seat.
And trust me, I’m a biologist—a good dunking in detergent and water, and any bacteria is toast.
No more cold toilet seat! What do you think?
Update: Actually, it looks even uglier now because I added ties to the front of the cover since it was slipping, and the ties distort the shape a bit. But no more cold bum!
Comments
Sarah
Camy, I was talking to my ex about this the other night and he said "Use your blow dryer on the seat before you sit down." I thought that was very clever.
Melissa
In my house this would never work, my boys forget to lift the seat, and lets not forget to mention the lack of memory on Dh's part when he's home. I'll take a cold seat over a wet seat any day!
But the thought of no freezing bum...that is appealing.
I just had this brilliant idea to write an Amazon Short called "Blogophobia." I started surfing the Internet, looking for the most bizarre things people blog about. I Googled "coffee" and ended up at your toilet seat cover post (dont' ask me how). I should have checked here first!
Hope to see you again at Mt. Hermon this year, blogging buddy.
Laura Christianson
From one frozen seat.
LOL!
I just had a similar idea yesterday Feb 17 2007, different design, was looking to see if this product was on the market. Are you planning on marketing this ?
Hugs,
Squirly