Hello all: My Christmas knitting has also kept me from finishing a sweater and a vest I have to send...but I did manage to get these mittens done. They are made from Lion Brand Wool -- on sale for $2/skein at my local Ocean State Job Lot. I have more yarn from the same source...and I am still loving mittens. If I could only master socks...
And if I could only get to the post office...but watch for these coming soon.
Merry Christmas! and I will be spending my Christmas vacation making more stuff to warm our friends in Afghanistan.
3 comments:
Sally,
Great job.
Just my opinion, but if you can do mittens, socks are easy. Look for "afterthought heel" patterns which will make a lot of sense to you as a mitten knitter!
I agree with Renee. Socks are as easy as mittens. I usually use the "fleegle" heel (you can find this online) but will soon try the "afterthought" heel as I'm thinking of knitting a pair using traditional Turkish construction.
Go back to Elizabeth's sock class on this blog. I learned how to make socks last summer after 53 years of knitting other things! (My mom taught me when I was 5---time flies! ) Elizabeth takes you step by step---she is really clear.
Nancy
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