Who would knit a pair of wool mittens in August? San Diego Fiber Artist, that's who. I wanted to prepare a project for our Old Town spinning demonstrations that was hand-dyed, hand spun, and knitted into something useful. I figured that mittens would be a good project, and would be quick to knit up in time for TwainFest, on August 20. So I picked some yarn from my stash. The fiber is BFL, and it was a dye job that did not turn out the way I wanted. I thought the colors were too washed out and pale looking. I spun and plied the yarn quite a while ago, and then parked it a basket - not very happy with it. Oh well.
But as I was looking for some of my yarn that would be suitable for mittens, the skein caught my eye. Then I started to knit and the yarn redeemed itself. I like the way it striped and I think it is light colored enough to show the cuff patterning. I knitted the first mitten over a weekend, and the second one by the end of the week - very fun. The moral of the story: for every yarn, there is a purpose.
Nice yarn! Beautiful- even in August:) I love how the colors turned out on each mitt - and how the yarn found its purpose... after hiding in the stash.
ReplyDeleteYes, this was actually in my give-away pile. But I like the colors. I am now spinning some alpaca for hubby's mitts.
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