I did it AGAIN. Yes, AGAIN. I waited until the last minute to beef up my stash of mittens for the Holiday Craft Show. Can we just pretend that planning that wedding took up all my free time?
For the sale this year, I’m not doing any neckwarmers. They were too confusing for most people. In place of those, I was hoping to get some tea cozies made, with the pot included. However, I have pots but no cozies. We’ll see how that ends up…
Another change to the status quo is the type of yarn I’m using. The first few years I purchased white commercial yarns and dyed them before knitting simple ribbed mitts. Gradually, I’ve incorporated handspun yarns and different styles of mittens. This year I don’t have any of that first style of mitt and most are made of handspun. I will also be using some undyed fiber and recycled sweater yarn.
And here are some of my most recent pairs of mitts. The middle pair was knit two at time and finished in one day! I’m excited about that accomplishment.
3 responses so far ↓
johanna // November 7, 2009 at 11:19 am |
Here we go!
cseneque // November 8, 2009 at 7:14 am |
Ooh, and is that a crochet trim on those mitts?
I love the bright lemon-lime colour, it’s amazing!
Gwen Erin // November 8, 2009 at 8:04 am |
Yes, it is a crochet trim! I’m not sure which stitch I did or if it’s even a real thing. Crochet is kind of fun that way – you can just make stuff up and it doesn’t fall apart. I can’t remember what inspired me to do that in the first place. Last year I made a few pairs of mitts like that and decided it looked really neat!