I want to dedicate a series of blog post to the transformation of my bicycle.
My TREK bike was a gift from my husband many years ago. It served me well. But I had not ride it often for the past two years. Recently I decided to do some upgrade. I want it to be something that I can ride with pride.
I googled what knitting people do on their bike. There were many posts about the dress guard (like this one Simeli from Holland, and this one on Etsy). These are all cute, but the problem is I DON'T have fenders on my bike and not intended to install one. Besides, let's be honest, how often will I ride my bike when it's raining here in Southern California?
So I revisit what I need. I always want a rear basket for my bike, especially when I ride my bike to the Post Office to send off the orders from my Etsy shop. I found these folding baskets from Amazon, and decided to improvise something. At first I thought knitting a big rectangle that measures 13"x8.5"will be easy. But to match with the mesh basket look, I want to make something with more space in between, like a lace pattern. But then I got lazy, as to knit a lace pattern I'll need to be very exact in terms of how many stitches to cast on etc. So I took the short cut and crocheted rectangle.
It took me about an hour to finish crocheting one of this Rear Basket Cozy. Same idea as crocheting a granny square, with a slight different set up. I follow this YouTube instruction on how to crochet a granny rectangle, and before I know it, I had my cozies =) The time I spent on installing the cozy on the basket and installing the baskets on my bike were significantly longer than the time I spent on crocheting. =D
My Next project: Seat Paddle Cozy.
