Mittens, mittens and more mittens.

I've been churning out mittens left right and center it seems. I do love knitting mittens. I've also been on a bit of a felting kick lately too. Here is the 'Dumpling Bag' from Interweave Knits. I'm not sure who I'll give this to. The dots and flowers are neelde felted on after I felted the bag in the wash.



I really like the Lopi for felting projects. I even did these mittens afterwards.


And here is another pair of cabled mittens. I did these for charity and they will likely be headed to Natuashish.

Not exactly Druid Mitts

Here is another pair of mittens that I've knit in my attempt to get those Druid mitts from Vogue. I bought this yarn (Moda Dea Wool n Silk) thinking it would be perfect for the Druid mittens. Not exactly. They are knit in a sport/fingering weight and the Moda Dea is a DK weight. So I made these instead. Not quite the druid mittens, but still kinda cute.

Mmmmm....Malibrigo

So I've had this yummy Malibrigo yarn in my stash for some time now. I wasn't sure what to do with it because ... well, its Malibrigo. I only had one single skein so it had to be made into a small project. I put it aside and forgot (almost forgot) about it. Until I saw the fall cover of Vogue knitting. I fell in love with the druid mitts on the cover. I fell in love with cabled mitts in general. Not being able to purchase Vogue knitting locally, I did a ravelry search for cabled mitts and came upon these. The Chevalier mittens. Lovely aren't they?



As an aside, I bought two...yes, two copies of Vogue knitting in my haste to knit the druid mitts. I ordered one from www.yarn.com (or webs) and then on my trip into Corner Brook there it was in a little book store, and I didn't yet have my webs order. And of course, I couldn't wait. By the time I got home, my webs order was in. But its all good. I gifted my second copy to a new knitter friend. I have the yarn picked out for these babies. My lys (Distinctive Knittin) has new yarn in. So I'll be making them in a wool/silk blend.

Bag Blogger

I've done things in September. It was a very busy September actually. So busy, that I never bothered with blogging. Work, family and girl guides have taken precidence (not in that particular order either).

And I haven't even mentioned that I'm the 'seeker' in the Harry Potter knitting and crochet house cup, for team 'Hufflepuff'. But I am! That means I'm the designer. Seriously, what was I thinking. But I did it. I nearly tore my hair out but I did it.

I can't talk about the design because its a secret. I will show off a picture of some knits I'm knitting for October's Charms class. Its supposed to be a cheering charm, so these are a gift. A gift for someone I know and love and miss very, very much because she is away at university in another province and I won't see her till Christmas and its killing me and these mittens are more to cheer me up because it seems like I'm actually doing something for this very independent soul. And Amy, if you happen to read this - I know that was a very wordy sentence. It was meant to be.



Did you happen to notice that this is a scan? Yeah, can't find my camera cord and I still need to send my birthday gift from last year, that is still under warranty, in for repairs.

Token Spining Post

Well, it seems I have burned myself out spinning for the 'Tour de Fleece'. This paltry little skein -albeit 180 yards - is all that I have managed to spin since the tour ended. I do like it muchly, but it does look a lot like this bulky weight skein that I spun earlier in my spinning career. I think I will make the drop stitch scarf out of this, as I don't think I have enough yardage from the skein that I had earlier earmarked for it.

I have started knitting this cardigan for Amy - who has unashamadly abandoned me and gone off to university in Quebec. I hope to have it finished sometime in September and send it to her in a care package. I love the colour and the yarn. It is Valley Yarns 'Southwick' in celery. It is a really nice bamboo/cotten blend. It is a very soft and squishy, multiplied cabled yarn. I suspect the yarn with 'hitch' a little, so I will have to inform Amy to take good care of it. I'm sure it will make a nice light weight cardi. The pattern I'm using is another freebie from Garnstudio. This is the second pattern that I've knit from these guys. Word of warning for anyone thinking of knitting their patterns. Read everything through first. They do a lot of 'at the same time' type stuff. And oftentimes they add that little tidbit in at the end of the peice. Just sayin'

I didn't realize...

That I'd actually been doing things. Well, knitting things that is. I came here tonight to blog about a cardigan that I've been knitting for Amy and I came to post an inprogress shot. I came across these two items that I finished since we came back from Bathurst.

The first is the thrummed mittens from the fleece artist kit. These are for Amy. I hope that she doesn't lose them during her first year in university. I love them so much. They are so comfy and warm. I'm not sure why I hadn't tried thrumming up until now. They are definitly something I will reknit in the future.



The second project is the 'drawstring raglan' that I had bragged about in an earlier post. I had claimed I was being monogamous and how great it felt. Well, it felt great for about a week. The finished object is great - monogamy - not so great. I love this little shirt. It is so cool and flattering. The perfect summer knit. The yarn wasn't even so bad once you got used to it.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

Thats one of the few things I can remember from the old 'Incredible Hulk' series from when I was a kid. My hands were the exact same shade of green for a period yesterday. Again with the green Kool Aid. This time there were close to 60 packs of the stuff. I am liking the colour much better now, but will I be able to wear this colour?


Let me tell you that when you are opening 60 packs of this stuff you inadvertently inhale some of it. Lets just say that is makes for ah...erm.......interesting nose blowing later.



So, here are some pictures of the previous colour dyed with about 20 packs of Kool Aid.





Here is the colour now.




Incredible isn't it? This is all the corriedale that I spun myself during the Tour de Fleece.

Oh, and here is a nicer picture of my finished 'Spring Forwards' I really love them.