FO – Fine Cabled Mitts

These were a great quick knit and they came out fabulous. I will certainly make them again, maybe next time for myself.

Specs:

Pattern: Fine Cabled Mitts by Anne Hanson (yes, the love of all things Anne continues unabated) Large size

Yarn: Handspun Merino  I had about 3 1/2 oz -350 yards and I have a fair bit leftover.  The estimate of 200 yards was about right.

Needles 2.75 mm (US2) 16 inch circulars – I worked both at the same time much like I do socks.

Started: July 15, 2007

Finished: July 18, 2007

Modifications: Changed the cable crossing on right mitt to the opposite direction – symmetry, ya know.

We now return you to Summer of Socks knitting already in progress…

This yarn was a custom order from Scout in Virginia Tech colors.  She doesn’t have it listed in her color gallery, but if any Hokie knitters would like a skein of their very own, I’m sure she’d be glad to  recreate it.  I am planning to do toe-up Jaywalkers.

I have managed to knit a few dozen rows on my Pehuén shell this week, but it just doesn’t seem very photogenic at the moment.  The farther I get on the front, the more tempted I am to rip out the back and re-knit it alternating balls of yarn every couple rows.

Despite my efforts at yarn dieting, I managed to acquire a few new fibery items this week:

This arrived in my mailbox on Monday.  The skeins in the middle and right were replacements for yarn with issues that was sent back.  The one on the left was a total surprise, but the colorway (Lunasea) is one I’ve been longing for since it first went up on the Blue Moon Site.  Thanks, Tina.

This came yesterday: 5 skeins of laceweight wool at 1613 m per 100 g skein.  At a bit more than seven dollars a skein after shipping this was too good a deal to pass up.

Finally I joined Yarn Pirate’s Booty Club last month (timing is everything) and my first shipment arrived today.  I’m putting the picture behind a cut so as not to inadvertantly spoil anyone else in the club that hasn’t gotten their package yet.

When you join a yarn/fiber club, you’re taking a bit of a gamble that the colorways selected will suit your tastes and usage.  I tend to have an anything goes attitude toward sock colors, so this is less risky than you might think, for me at least.  But I got to say I love the colors in this yarn!  Had I seen this yarn up for sale, I would have had a hard time resisting the urge to take it home with me.  Included in the package is a button and a small bar of soap from Good Soapworks of Athens that smells fantastic (bay rum, maybe?).

Despite these recent additions to the stash, I have bought less yarn over the last month and a half.  However, this week my favorite LYSO is having her annual Christmas in July sale, and I am meeting friends there on Saturday.  I usually stock up on yarn for Christmas gifts at this sale, and while I doubt I’ll do as many big items as last year, I will probably pick up a bit of new yarn.