I'd want something washable. They used to sell them made from the kind of fabric for family-use picnic tablecloths, where it's plasticky on the outside but almost felt on the inside. It could be wiped down with a cloth for minor cleanup or tossed in the washer. But also the fabric itself was stiff enough to stand on its own.
Having a mixer cover seems like a good idea to me. (I use one of those fancy painted dishtowels on mine, so I don't have to wash everything before and after using it.) But I think you need to be looking at practicality and functionality. Since this is right next to your stove, it's going to need cleaning, so you're going to want something washable. But it's right next to your stove, so you don't want something that can catch fire. (No acrylic yarn!) It's hard to get yarn that will never fuzz over time (fire hazard) and most knitted objects don't stand up well to being tossed in the washer.
So, I'd say if you want to knit a cover for your mixer, you should keep it somewhere other than next to the stove. And since you love seeing the mixer, probably if you moved it, you wouldn't need to knit a cover.
The other thing is asking yourself if the pre-made covers available for sale are going to suit you better in addition to being less expensive than a sweater's worth of yarn. (Those mixers are big around, and about torso height, it really will take as much work and yarn as the body of a sweater.)
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Date: 2010-09-26 06:12 pm (UTC)Having a mixer cover seems like a good idea to me. (I use one of those fancy painted dishtowels on mine, so I don't have to wash everything before and after using it.) But I think you need to be looking at practicality and functionality. Since this is right next to your stove, it's going to need cleaning, so you're going to want something washable. But it's right next to your stove, so you don't want something that can catch fire. (No acrylic yarn!) It's hard to get yarn that will never fuzz over time (fire hazard) and most knitted objects don't stand up well to being tossed in the washer.
So, I'd say if you want to knit a cover for your mixer, you should keep it somewhere other than next to the stove. And since you love seeing the mixer, probably if you moved it, you wouldn't need to knit a cover.
The other thing is asking yourself if the pre-made covers available for sale are going to suit you better in addition to being less expensive than a sweater's worth of yarn. (Those mixers are big around, and about torso height, it really will take as much work and yarn as the body of a sweater.)