Pat's Knitting and Quilting
October 10, 2010 Time to start wearing handknit socks again - Here is my current rotation all washed and ready to go....
I allow myself to pick out a few new ones from the pile to add to the mix each fall - such fun decisions!
The knitting is and will be slow for a while due to tendonitis issues, but here is what I'm working on right now.
Lining my new Magnificent Mittens with pure Angora from a Golden French Angora Rabbit at Cottage Craft Angora Mill. This is seriously soft fluffy yarn!
and I'm making headway on the final border for Galactic Explosion - only 37 more stars to go :)
Tomorrow....dyeing with my homegrown Indigo - it's getting cold at night and I don't want to chance losing it - should be quite an experiment! The comment system I have is lousy - If you are a new commenter and I don't know you, I have no way of responding to your comment, so....If you have a question and really want an answer, there is an email link on my upper right sidebar - Please email me! PS - Who was the person from Fairbanks on last week's comments - Moxie? Krista?
October 1, 2010 When I got this pretty Fat Cat Knits Falkland Wool fiber in the mail, I dropped my other projects to spin and knit a quick pair of thick warm mittens.
Spun regular 3 ply - for heavy worsted weight yarn
100 yards/62 grams of each colorway
close ups - because I love looking at handspun yarn close up :)
I actually couldn't quite imagine these 2 fibers coordinating and would have never thought to put them together in one project, but I decided to trust Ginny's color sense and go for it....so glad I did!
I have had The Mitten Book since the 1980s and have made many mittens from it - Here is the only picture I have - most were knit pre-blog with no photos. The book provides beautiful charts and some very basic directions. For this pair the cuff is a 16 stitch repeat and the hand is a 6 stitch repeat, so I used 48 stitches with heavy worsted weight wool and got a perfect pair of adult size mittens.
Pattern: Pole Pattern from The Mitten Book I definitely am focused on covering hands (instead of feet) right now - I have 3 other pairs of mittens/gloves in the making and lots more dancing around in my head! I'm currently spinning some pure cashmere for mitten linings - it is so soft that I can barely feel it going through my fingers - can't wait to put my hands in those mittens.
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