This pattern is just $3.00 and is sized extra small to large, with interchangable thumb gussets for the wide variety of hands out there. Extra small is 5.5 inches around the wrist and the extra large fits 8.5 inch wrist.
It's a quick and easy knit using between 50 and 100 grams of worsted weight yarn.
Buy the pattern and start them today (they'll be done and warmin' your hands by tomorrow): Ring 'Round the Rowses. (Rav Link)
I tried writing this last night but I had no knitty muse. Today--well tonight I have a little bit.
So goals: what do I want to do with myself (knitting-wise) this coming year? I want to try my hand at colorwork. I have this little sweater (Rav Link)in mind. But, really in order to tackle it, I need to work from my stash and working from my stash means I need to crank out more patterns. I have a ton of laceweight that needs liberation AND most importantly a purpose.
Right now, I have a very short term goal. I want 7 dishcloths. One for each day of the week--enough to get me through without having to use a stinky cloth. Maybe I'll only need 4 or 5. We'll see how it goes as I knit them up. I am halfway through the first one--sadly I've been working on it all day. So far, I am not planning on being creative (that may change), all simple grandmother favourite dishcloths.
I finished knitting Jamey's mitts--I just need to do the finishing. I also need to pin that man down so we can upload the pattern. It'll be a for sale pattern, but I am pricing it lower than my other for sale patterns.
It's HUGE compared to my little mitt! I feel freakingly small (which I am-I wear size 4.5 rings). But I had him try it on and it fits great. I think the pattern is done. I just need to upload it. It's a real fun pattern--I am on my third pair of mitts (yeah I am working on two pairs at the same time).
I found my missing Christmas stockings. One unfortunately had a hole in it. (Sorry Mom! She handknit all of them for us. Mien is decades old and the others well obviously they are fairly recent). I was able to fix it. Because I have most of my mom's stash, I had the yarn to match and I think I fixed it pretty well. The repair is barely noticeable.
Of course, all that matters is that the stocking can hold all the goodies. ;-)
Here's all the stockings my mom made for all of us.
In order: Micci's, Mine, Jamey's and Lorelei's stockings. This year I also finally bought a cute santa with his reindeer stockings holders--much better than nails in the mantle.
I am hopeful, perhaps delusional, that I will be able to finish the second mitt for Jamey. Grin, I haven't started the cables yet and I still need to tidy up the living room.
I hope y'all (those who care) have a wonderful Yule, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day AND St. Stephen's Day (be sure to give some money for the wrens).
Based on all the input I received I have decided on a name.
Ring 'Round the Rowses
It's a play on one of my favourite (and gruesome) childhood rhyming games. Jamey's concerned that the name isn't gender neutral enough for these gender neutral mitts.
What do you think??
Pattern should be ready very soon. Tomorrow I should throw it to a test knitter and before Christmas, I'll have a pattern for y'all.
Okay, even after asking my huge group of internet knitting buddies, I still haven't found a name for my mitts that sing to me. I am probably overthinking it--I have my own name issues, so it's not surprising.
So far the list is thus: Twiggy Stones Dashing Pathways Whispers Grey Snap Ribbon Rose (rib and rows said together fast) Ribs and Rings
Eh--when I look at them I see chains--and like Fran said they also look medieval to me. Hmmm, maybe I should look in my Tennyson or Frost poetry for some more inspiration. I do like Pathways and Ribbon Rose.
It was supposed to start warming up today, but it's nearly 4 and I am still wearing my mitts. I am almost done translating my notes into a pattern and will soon toss out a few for test knitting in various sizes. These mitts to wear tight--they leave indents on my hands, but then again I like that. Is that bad? I could also put a note that increasing the needle size a number or so should ease the snugness factor.
I was able to get these done in two days. Woot--just in time for the cold snap. Monday, I wore one while I worked knitting up the other. Nice and toasty. I only had one 50 ball gram of wool and it really came down to the wire whether I would have enough yarn to complete the pair. While we were out on Monday, I picked up an extra ball of wool (not the same yarn but a complementary colour), just in case. Luckily I have 2 or so feet left...I was so worried, I couldn't go to bed until I had either used up all the yarn or finished the mitt.
I am really pleased at how these came out. Elegant, yet gender nuetral and easy peasy.
Jamey wants a pair too. It'll take just a few days to finish them for his Christmas present. I also picked him up some dark blue wool for his pair.
But, I am at a loss for a name for these mitts. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Give me a few days to finish writing up the pattern. This is a real fun knit.
