A couple of years ago in Savannah, Georgia, I found this beautiful merino/silk blend fiber at
Wild Fibre Yarns. It was very easy to spin so I spun it up pretty quickly and added the yarn to my stash because, as usual, I couldn't decided what to knit with it. I have always had my eye on the
Welted Fingerless Glove pattern by
Churchmouse Yarns and Teas. In my destashing frenzy of 2014, I matched up the yarn and pattern and, after a few evenings of knitting, ended up with these warm and cozy mitts.
My first Ebay purchase many years ago was an assortment of 1200 small pearl buttons! I used 10 of them to sew onto the welts of the mitts.
If you are looking for some knitting or spinning inspiration, check out
Shear Madness on National Geographic about a city girl turned sheep farmer with her husband and five kids. It just started last Saturday night. I missed it but caught up watching On Demand. I don't watch a lot of TV but this is pretty interesting stuff for knitters and spinners.I had to turn my head in one scene - a little more animal science than I needed to see!
Hi Jan, I saw your button front version of the sorbetto top. I want to ask you if you do another one, please consider doing a tutorial. I love that version and am not skilled enough to figure out how you did it. Thanks Janie
ReplyDeleteI hope to make a few more Sorbettos this summer. I'll try to make pics of the steps for a tutorial. Thanks for the comment!
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