This is just a quick post from my office desk in the few minutes I have left before the afternoon patients start to arrive. I have another new WIP to show you that I’ve been working on awhile, but neglected to post.
Want a little closer look?
Mittens! How exciting! The most exciting thing about them is that it’s my own yarn, that I spun myself! Yee-hah! The photos don’t really do justice to the sparkly goodness that this fiber is. Click the photos to get a little better look. The fiber is a merino/silk blend with some Firestar added to the batts for sparkle. It comes from Anna at Corgi Hill Farms, and it’s just delicious. This is one of my earlier spinning efforts, so it’s a bit uneven, but it turned out to be roughly all the same gauge, so it works for me. The pattern is a combination of one of Ann Budd’s mitten patterns from her book The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns, and my own jerry-rigging. I used her numbers to get the thing started, then just adjusted on the fly. I’ll post general directions as to my modifications when I get the things done.
I’ll post more later, but I just had to get this up here. I pulled them out to knit a bit after lunch and thought, why, I’ll show the blog world what I’m up to!
Those are lovely mittens!
I hope those are for you — after spinning the yarn and knitting them, you deserve them! They are lovely.
The yarn is a pretty color…too bad the sparkle-y part doesn’t show up. (And guess what? It isn’t pink!!!! LOL) I know you will be so proud of your creation!
Yeehaw is right! What a wonderful project with your gorgeous handspun yarn. I bet that will make the mittens feel at least 10 times warmer.
Gorgeous!!! But then again I’m totally biased *g*
Isn’t it fun?? I’m making a pair of handspun mittens too!
Those mittens are great! Or at any rate, the one is, and the other soon will be! And the little sock monkey bag is adorable – the perfect thing for carrying sock or mitten knitting.
You spun that pretty purple yarn?! Nice.
That yarn just could not be any prettier!
Hooray! Handspun mittens – how awesome! I just stocked up on a bit of fibre, and some accessories for my wheel, hoping to sit down and do some real spinning… Hoping… Hoping…
I do not think that there is anything better than knitting with one’s own handspun!
yay!!
Those look great–and they’re truly one of a kind! I’ve used that pattern with success (although as I recall, I shortened the thumb). I’ll look forward to reading about your changes.
They look lovely and warm. I used Ann Budd’s pattern as a starting point for my favorite mittens, too. I like making mittens almost as much as socks.
Yes,I’m impressed! The handspun looks nice and soft for the mittens.
That yarn is really impressive! Plus the color is just amazing. Very nice!
I had to zero in….where did you get it?? the monkey case is adorable…I have mondey slippers on at the moment!