Spent the weekend with family. Usually my mom's side of the fam gets together to celebrate Thanksgiving on the weekend following T-day, but this year it didn't work out. So, we scheduled it for this past weekend instead. It was a nice time - especially because I had someone with whom to knit. When Jackie, my cousin's wife, saw the pair of mittens I knitted, she wanted to try the pattern too. We found the pattern on the web and printed it out and I just happened to have the DPNs I used with me. By the end of the day she had finished one mitten and everything but the thumb on the second one. They knit up so quickly! AND, it was the first time Jackie had ever knit in the round!
If you're interested in the pattern for these mittens, go here. I modified the pattern ever so slightly: I used two strands of Sirdar Supernova #912 yarn and where it called for size 9 DPNs, I used a size 11 and where it called for size 11 DPNs, I used size 13. I also knitted the hand to a length that just reached the tip of my fingers. Though, I think they would still be cute if they were a little longer. I was afraid of running out of yarn because I really wanted to get one pair out of a single skein. And I did manage to do just that with a small ball of yarn leftover (I'm using it as ribbon for my holiday gifts).
Don't forget to check out the latest edition of Haypenny.
And I received Issue 5 of ReadyMade magazine over the weekend. Lots of excellent projects in there, including a felted hat made from leftover sweaters! posted by kristar 9:48 AM
