Remember my handspun angora? From away back? My beautiful, bulky, teal, thick-and-thin, fuzzy, wonderful handspun angora? Here is what I made from it:
Yes, that is correct. One K-sized mitten. I know I should have made a scarf, I knew when I began the mitten that I would not have enough yarn for two. I was banking on my provider having -- or being able to dye -- some fiber to match the fiber I had already spun. Lesson learned: do not bank. So I am left with one bunny-fluff mitten to hang on the Christmas tree next year. I think it will look natural there.
Can you not do some in a different colour for the other mitten? She could be odd mitteny!
ReplyDeleteOh, she never wears matching mittens -- gauche! But to get a similar thick/thin yarn in a different color I'd have to spin it myself (only beginners can produce "designer" yarn like that) and when I saw the cost of the amount of fiber I would need to spin that much yarn my hair stood on end. I think the fiber I initially bought was on clearance or something. Eesh!
ReplyDeleteOne lonely mitten... Reminds me of children's story where a mitten is lost in the forest and all these animals try to use it. Cute story, and beautiful illustrations.
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Update missing! Consider me footstompin'. ;)
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