Saturday, December 08, 2007

More Fun!

Hmm.. I'm having a great Saturday too. First, Dexter and I were off to the dog park. We stayed for an hour because we were having such a good time. After breakfast, I've made a pot of rice and beans for tonight's supper. Jim's gone all afternoon to play games at a friend's house, so I'm going to bake. But before all that, I finished a pair of mittens this morning.

Helgi's Mittens by Nancy Bush from Knitting in Eastonia
Shelridge Farms Soft Touch
2.75 mm bamboo

I wanted to use the last of the yarn from my mom and dad's mittens and I was hoping to get one more pair. But these call for more stitches at a tighter gauge so I left the thumbs for last. As it was, I had to sub in some sock yarn for the last 8 rows on one mitt. You can't see it at all. Anyway, I was not at all confident I would have enough yarn, so I decided to leave the thumbs for last.

And then, inspiration hit! Sore thumb mittens!

Tee hee! These crack me up! I used some alpaca left over from Alex's socks so the thumbs are very soft and should be very warm. I can't do stranded work with a cut thumb, so I needed a yarn that could stand on its own. Jim wasn't too sure about the whole idea, but I'm really glad I went for it.

Now, off to bake. I hope your Saturday is fun too.

9 comments:

  1. The red thumbs are a great addition! Love the mittens.
    :-)

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  2. Those are terrific! I think I might purposely put some colored thumbs on my next mittens. Great job!

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  3. I love the mittens especially the color & the design the thumbs are so cool

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  4. That is such a great solution! I simply have to do that with both mittens and socks next time round. Lovely!

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  5. awesomely cute. hope your finger is better!

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  6. I've heard of sore thumb mittens before, but this puts it in a whole new light! and you know what? alpaca thumbs are perfect since it's the thumbs that are usually the coldest and alpaca is so toasty warm.
    I love them!

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  7. oh i love those mitts; truly inspired! i really like the ones with the more abstract designs like that . . i could stare at those forever.

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  8. Sore thumbs! That's hilarious. They look fabulous.

    Good luck w/your "war"!

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