http://shessassy.vox.com/library/posts/tags/mittens/page/1/ It's an album, OK? en Vox Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:27 +1200 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mittens http://shessassy.vox.com/library/post/project-handspun-mittens.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Sarah) http://shessassy.vox.com/library/post/project-handspun-mittens.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://shessassy.vox.com/library/post/project-handspun-mittens.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:27 +1200 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5f3d70003 6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cab0005" at:format="strip-vertical" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-vertical" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 130px; margin: 5px; border: 1px solid; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5f3d70003.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Blended Polwarth"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5f3d70003-120pi" alt="Blended Polwarth" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cab0005.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Polwarth Sliver"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cab0005-120pi" alt="Polwarth Sliver" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><br /></div> </div> <!-- end enclosure --> <p></p> <p>When I was at the Autumn Home Show last month I was tempted into buying some dyed and carded polwarth fibre from Sharon of <a href="http://www.jumbuck.co.nz/Carding/Carding_Home.htm">Jumbuck Carding</a>. There was only 85 grams left of the heathered sliver (top-left), so I nabbed that, and a quantity of a solid purple.</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cae0005" at:format="medium" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cae0005.html"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cae0005-200pi" alt="Heathered Purple Polwarth" title="Heathered Purple Polwarth" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78cae0005.html" title="Heathered Purple Polwarth">Heathered Purple Polwarth</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>I didn&#39;t have a plan for them when I purchased (no surprise, I&#39;m sure), but got spinning pretty quickly, at first on my old Traveller (now gifted to Mum), and then on my new Joy.. Soon I had 170 grams of about a sport weight yarn (plying together&#160;a single of each sliver), ready to knit. But what to knit?!</p> <p>Not a scarf, or a hat, or a fraction of a jersey. So, mittens or gloves it was. I did eventually settle on a fingerless glove pattern, but given that I had no real plan before, I saw no need to stick to it. As you&#39;ve probably gathered from the title of this entry, I made <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/shessassy/country-style-dk-5840-hats-and-gloves">mittens</a>!</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5e8750002" at:format="small" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-small photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5e8750002.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5e8750002-120pi" alt="One Thumb" title="One Thumb" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5e8750002.html" title="One Thumb">One Thumb</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78ccf0005" at:format="small" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-small photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78ccf0005.html"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78ccf0005-120pi" alt="Right Mitten" title="Right Mitten" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000e398f78ccf0005.html" title="Right Mitten">Right Mitten</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>Call me a heretic, but I didn&#39;t work them in the round, preferring to use straight needles, and then seam. I do dislike rangling dpns for fingers and thumbs.</p> <p>Anyway, the mittens are nice and soft, and a pretty heathere colour! I&#39;m very pleased with both my spinning, and my knittings. And that my fingers are warm!</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://shessassy.vox.com/library/post/project-handspun-mittens.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea07179a1bc000f48cf5e9270002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting yarn spinning project mittens finished polwarth