Quite a while ago I won a lovely prize from the wonderful ladies at Romancing The Yarn.
It was two balls of periwinkle baby cashmere from Elan.com. The label says it is 60% baby alpaca, 30% merino and 10% cashmere. I can tell you it feels FABULOUS! I finally settled on making myself a pair of fingerless mittens because we keep our computer room much cooler than the rest of the house (and that's saying something considering the thermostat is set at 64*!!)
I found the pattern, Swirling Gauntlets on Ravelry. It's written by Susanna IC and is available as a free download.
The results are amazing! Warm, lightweight, functional and quite fetching if I do say so myself. I love them!!
I also finally heeded the siren's call and pulled the leftover bits out of my basket from the hat I knit my niece. There was just the right amount to make her a scarf.
I used a US #8, 24" circular needle (love my KnitPicks Options!!) and cast on 160 stitches. Then I just knit back and forth in garter stitch, changing yarns at the end of each row. (Thusly it makes its own fringe at each end!) Easy peasy!
Now.....what can I accomplish today....???
Happy knitting!
1 comment:
Those fingerless gloves are beautiful! Did you finish the set?
I've got to knuckle down and get some more Christmas presents finished and under the tree... Just got almost done with a Christmas dress for Meri that she needs on Thursday night and then decided that the fabric is WAY too heavy for it and Robb thinks she looks like someone from Sister Act movie... I'll salvage what fabric I can from it and do something else with it. Darn - what is she going to wear?
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