Selbuvotter

Posted on | February 3, 2008 |

I’ve been working on some more mittens from the Selbuvotter book. This time I’m trying Knitpicks Telemark yarn. But, alas, still having gauge problems. The pattern calls for 8 sts / inch and I’m getting 7 with US #3 needles. Next pair I’ll try US #2.5 and see what happens. This pair is coming out to a women’s large size. It fits my big hand just right. I’ll be sending it to Mittens for Akkol so hopefully there will be a teen girl who can wear these. They are still quite a bit of fun to knit!

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Here’s a sweater I finished for CIC. It’s the Vestee pattern from Knitty. It was a fun knit and easy to do. Although I did have issues getting the collar sewed on. It doesn’t look like the pattern picture, but I think it’s still OK. CIC is having a sweater challenge this month so I thought I try to get one done. I did use heavier weight yarn on this one to make it a bit larger. It came out to 24″ chest measurement which is what I was aiming for.

This is some fiber I have for a spinning commission. I met a lovely lady on Ravelry and she’s commissioned me to spin some fiber she had in her stash. The plan is to spin each color separately and then do a three ply yarn. The final yarn is to be fingering weight as she wants to use it to knit socks. Wish me luck!

Category: Charity Knitting, Fiber, Finished Projects, Knitting Chatter

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2 Responses to “Selbuvotter”

Terri
February 3rd, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

Congrats on your commission.

Those mittens are lovely. I’m glad to know that the KnitPicks yarns work well. I have mittens down as some of my “next things” to try.
Sourire11
February 7th, 2008 @ 1:25 pm

Spinnig on commission! Wow! That’s pretty cool. Can’t wait to see the finished yarn!

Beatiful mittens too, btw.