Remember when we talked about the ginormous stringy light fixture globe
I pulled it off. It was easy and I think you all should try it. Next time you come visit me I may have 100 of these hanging from my ceiling.
Here it is in my kitchen:
My method, despite popular opinion included a large Exercise ball. This worked beautifully. It also required a TON of liquid starch and then I sprayed it down afterward with Clear Enamel to insure it doesn’t crumple.I got the fixture from Lowe’s and after all of this unnecessary engineering - I just tied the string to it. Voila.
Other than that it was just me and 7 packages of yarn and several spinny sessions. I think next time I won’t use as much yarn and I’ll pay a little bit better attention in the final result of the stringy pattern.
Let’s see your pictures next!! 
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Holy spit wads!! That’s so bad ass. Gimme gimme one.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
hmmm i like the table too…
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
table top is from ikea and i paired it with an antique copper table base that came from the old Kathryn’s cheese house restaraunt here in Hickory..
Do you remember that bar where you sit in Wine Barrells that I took you to… That’s where the base came from.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I ‘barley’ remember
hmm..maybe I shouldn’t have said that.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
maybe you shoud’ve said Barrely remember…. though i do like the reference to delicious beer
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I Barrel’y remember
hmm..maybe I should have said that.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I love it! I love it! I love it!
I have a bit of a thing for yarn balls.
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Kristen, you should do it!! and put it right here:
btw - I saw your Flickr pics of your home and its looking really good!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwissy/sets/72157613804816232/
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Congratulations on a DIY project very well done! Quite impressive. Are you happy with the use of yarn or do you think another type of “string” would have given you a result you would like more?
Is the exercise ball history or did it survive? I’m just thinking that when you go into mass production for all of your followers the cost of new exercise balls for each pendant is going to increase your cost of goods sold…
Tricia - Avolli
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
P.S. I adore your kitchen. The colors are perfection and that light fits perfectly. Is it as pretty at night when the light is on?
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Good Call Tricia!
The exercise ball (was on sale for $8) AND it survived.
I used a 100% cotton so it would soak up the starch and i like the way it turned out… I’d recommend it for this heavy look.
I’d like to try a light weight string next time, just to see if I prefer the translucence from that first inspiration image….
Are you saying you want to buy one from me Tricia!!?
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I want, want, want, want one for my kitchen…..TODAY!
Great job!
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Great idea for leftover yarn, too!
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Cool! You did it!
OK, explain how again. And go slow. And do you have pics?
June 4th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I love it and the awesome white frame in the background. your paintcolor is great, you can’t look at it without smiling.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Hey Betsy … where did you get that kick ass white frame at?!
June 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
My FAVORITE place to shop - the CURB!!!!
can you believe someone was tossing it?
June 5th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Is that a picture of your house? It’s awesome… looks like from a magazine. I want to see more. And great stringy thing… could be neat in Emerson’s room…
June 8th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Thanks Steph! I’m gonna put more pics of the house up soon. I am pulling the living room together for more photos. Got some new furniture and artwork this weekend.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Awesome… I would like to make one (slightly smaller) for my eat-in kitchen! Found your blog via isuwannee.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
That looks really cool…well done. Um can I ask where you got the placemats?
June 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Thanks so much Miggy.
They came from Target back in the fall.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Thanks! Are they Orla Kiely?
June 16th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
That collection came after these placemats. There were matching kitchen towels too that were great (neither are there anymore)… but there was no Orla info on the tags.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
This is so beautiful. It goes great in that kitchen nook, and I love those colors as well. Aqua is one of my favorites as well. I hope you don’t mind my sharing your creative work. I’m adding this to my post for tomorow, Thurdays Creative Thrift.
August 24th, 2009 at 5:29 am
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February 6th, 2010 at 4:06 am
This blog is excellent. Keep up the good work, inspires me to keep building mine on the positives of resveratrol.