On Sunday I put a thumb on the second of the purple mittens, which means this little trio is ready to go to Afghans for Afghans. The purple and green pairs were always intended for Afghanistan. I had planned to send the adult pair to the Dulaan project (for Mongolia), though, and in fact worked on them at that great gathering in Evanston for that purpose a thousand years ago. But since I just missed the Dulaan mailing date, I'll do something else(s) for Dulaan 2008 and get these off now to someone who can use them this winter.
These patterns are super-easy and fun. The purple and green ones were made withLamb's Pride worsted using this pattern, which I like a lot, from the Afghans for Afghans site. The blue ones are in Lamb's Pride bulky from another free, online pattern, but I can't find it now. Aack! This pattern from Blue Blog Alison certainly would work, though, and in fact it's the one I'll use next time since I prefer rounded mitten tops.
In other news, I had to do a big rip-back of the Ariann sleeve last night, because I went along so quickly that I made too many sleeve increases! That's a first. In fact, mathematically I have no idea how I have the proper number of stitches, since I did not do the proper number of increases...for pity's sake. You'd think I was new to reading. Or counting. Then I ripped back one increase too many...grr. But now I think we're on track.
Yep, wool felt from the wondrous world of ebay.Both my girls would kick them off on in a haeetbrat, but they'll look cute sitting on some chest of drawers somewhere.I love felt. So easy to cut and sew. And yay for no hems.
Posted by: Sange | July 03, 2012 at 01:04 AM
those mittens are so nice! i should make some too and send them to A4A. i've got some cascade pastaza that's kind of like lamb's pride, only it has llama in stead of mohair! kinda cool.
sorry about your ariann sleeve! i love the color you picked, and it's going to be beautiful. just remember you have an ace in the hole on this one, our lovely KIP queen! ;)
Posted by: Dana | July 18, 2007 at 10:21 AM