Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
No Knitting Content Today...
Being the proud Mom, I just have to share some photos of this milestone..........
Sorry for the lack of a post the last few weeks, and further for no knitting content this date. This week's excuse is that a) I had a cold and didn't do much knitting and b) I've been pre-occupied with DD's college graduation and the holidays.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Fair Isle Mitts
It's can be hard to find just the right shade of pink yarn. Recently I bought the perfect fuschia color of Cascade Heritage at The Loopy Ewe and was looking forward to making some socks for myself. I was having a fun time deciding if I wanted to design a pattern or use one of the other patterns I'd been admiring, like Clessidra or Bayerische, maybe even Baudelaire.
My daughter was to home to visit and I said isn't this the nicest shade of fushcia? She said, 'oh that would be perfect for those gloves you promised to make me'.....so much for my fuschia socks.
This pattern: Classic Elite Nederland Opera Mitts by Mary Jane Mucklestone
We decided I would use shades of gray for the fair isle patterning and conveniently I had just purchased cream, gray and dark gray sock yarn (Pace by Universal Yarns) at the Kirkwood Knittery.
The pattern is written for worsted weight yarn, so I adjusted the stitch counts for fingering weight. Instead of 48 stitches as given in the pattern, I used 72 sts.
She didn't want the gloves to go past her elbow as shown in the pattern, so I figured using the same number of rounds with fingering weight should end up just the right length. She is tiny and they are longer than I anticipated, but she seemed to be pleased.
My daughter was to home to visit and I said isn't this the nicest shade of fushcia? She said, 'oh that would be perfect for those gloves you promised to make me'.....so much for my fuschia socks.
This pattern: Classic Elite Nederland Opera Mitts by Mary Jane Mucklestone
We decided I would use shades of gray for the fair isle patterning and conveniently I had just purchased cream, gray and dark gray sock yarn (Pace by Universal Yarns) at the Kirkwood Knittery.
The pattern is written for worsted weight yarn, so I adjusted the stitch counts for fingering weight. Instead of 48 stitches as given in the pattern, I used 72 sts.
She didn't want the gloves to go past her elbow as shown in the pattern, so I figured using the same number of rounds with fingering weight should end up just the right length. She is tiny and they are longer than I anticipated, but she seemed to be pleased.
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