Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Limestone Mittens


Forgive me if I mention our Minnesota winter twice in a row, but man, it has been cold here!  I wore through my pair of felted mittens, patched them and then wore through them again this winter.  So, I decided it was time for a refresh.  5 years of constant wear out of that last pair seems like pretty solid longevity, so I stuck with a tried and true pattern by Nancy Lindberg for this next pair, too.  I think I may eventually add a bit of embellishment to this pair, but for now, they are my everyday mittens.  I doubled up with a pair of liner mittens inside these and immediately put them into use as soon as they dried!

Felting is such a fun phenomenon.  You take a monstrous piece of knitting, add a little hot water, soap and agitation and you end up with a wearable, shrunken item that doesn't look knit!  A little before and after spread for you to show some scale:

 

  

I named the project after the color of the Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport yarn I used: Limestone.  I like looking at this color in the dead of winter because it reminds me that there will eventually be green in our outdoor environment again.  Eventually.

6 comments:

  1. These are awesome!!! And I like your thought about wearing the chosen color in the dead of winter. I think this is the same reason I pull out my gardening books while the ground is still frozen!! It's a hope to hang on to :D

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    1. So true! I have been thinking that it would be nice to break open a seed catalog, too!

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  2. Very nice! I realized during our last snowstorm that in 5 years, i've knit 100+ mittens--- i only own one pair. :( So, I immediately picked up the needles! But, now seeing your pretty felted ones... I think i need to get on making some of these too! Have you ever lined them?

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    1. Wow! You are a generous knitter. I haven't sewn a lining into them, but I knit a pair of liner mittens that I wear inside of them. I think they would be a good candidate for liners. The felted fabric isn't super thick.

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  3. Lovely color! I haven't tried this pattern yet but it is definitely popular. I will have to include it on my massive "to knit" list.

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    1. I bought this pattern from DOF waaaay back in the day. It was totally worth the money.

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