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A cabled mittlet

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My LYS (local yarn shop) had a great sale at the beginning of the month to celebrate Labor Day in the US.  I still had some of the gift certificate Mr. Aitch gave me for Christmas last year so I took advantage of the sale.

Enter one finished project: 

 

The pattern is Shirl’s Mittlets done in a tonal worsted weight Araucania Natural Wool in color# 67 Powder Blue.  The yarn was marked down by 60% and it was so soft and pretty and an obvious choice for these mittlets.

 

I gifted them to my friend, Pat, who just happened to be the 1,000th commenter on my blog.

 The pattern is written for different weights of yarn from Aran to worsted, DK all the way to fingering weight.  The varying needle sizes make it very versatile.

My modifications were to lengthen the thumb by knitting four more rows on the thumb section and four rows in k1, p1 ribbing.

This pattern uses a small amount of yarn.  I think I can get at least two more pairs of these from the same hank of yarn.

The cable is a great intro for anyone afraid to try it.  Shirl’s instructions are very clear and the pattern is very well written.  I think I’ll be making a lot more of these in the future.

I’m finished

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I finished the Sheep Carousel by Kate Davies earlier in the week but just got around to uploading my photos tonight.

Love the well written pattern.  I want to include Kate’s vikkel braid in my next project.  The only thing I wanted to know was what teapot Kate is using.

Love the Jamieson and Smith yarn.  It is sticky enough in colorwork for longer floats between colors.

Love my fully clothed teapot.

With the crocheted reinforcements in place.  My crochet skills are sorely lacking and I had to redo that part three times before I got it right.

Here I go!

Cutting the steek.  There is a reason why steek rhymes with eek!  But I’m not afraid of steeks any more.

The cut steek.

I was so proud of myself that I forgot to take any photos of the inside before I tacked the steek facings to the inside.

Here it is.

 

Would I knit another one?  You bet!  I have enough yarn left over for a second one in the reverse colors.

Casting on

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It’s been almost two weeks since my last post.   Mr. Aitch and I have been on the road and once we finally got back home, regular life started back.  Today is the first day I’m had to sit down and regroup.

I started the Sheep Carousel tea cozy by Kate Davies.  This is how far I’ve gotten after spending almost two hours with the provisional cast on and first two rows.

 

 

The blue is the provisional cast-on row.  I used this tutorial which was so easy to learn and understand.  It’s really not difficult at all but for some reason my brain was not able to count properly.  Counting is very important when one has to cast on a certain number of stitches before joining the yarn in the round.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…….

Craft group

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Before I go any farther, I am posting this from my iPad. I apologize in advance for any inconsistencies with the formatting, spelling, and general wonkiness.

Mr. Aitch and I are house/dog sitting for his brother this week in my hometown. My aunt also lives here so we’ve been spending time with her as well.

On Monday I went a senior center where she leads exercises for the residents.  I am embarrassed to admit that I couldn’t keep up with them.  These women (including my aunt) are at least 20-30 years older than I am.

Yesterday we went to a craft group. I took my knitting with me and the ladies there wanted to know all about my felted bag since I was working on the one for my sister. They weren’t quite sure how that flat piece of knitting was going to end up as the 3-D bag.

I did finish all the flat knitting and now have to sew the loose squares and side seams before I add the I-cord edging.

The colors are really charcoal and lime green.

The ladies also oohed and awed over my next project: Sheep Carousel Tea Cozy.  I hope to get started on that soon.

Here is a picture from the craft group.  Unfortunately I didn’t think to take a picture earlier as one of the ladies had already left.  So from l to r: my aunt Evelyn, Josephine, Dorothy, and Deo.  A lovely group of ladies.