For the past two years I have had a skein in my stash that I couldn't decide what to do with, mostly because I couldn't thing of a project that I thought would be worthy. It's handspun 50/50 merino and mohair from
Puff (the Magic Rabbit). It's a subtle lavender and softest green color combination, thick and thin in texture. And I kept thinking that I should come up with some really fancy, complicated design for it. But nothing came to mind. I swatched a couple of stitch patterns, but didn't really like any of them. So the yarn sat there.
A couple of days ago I finally thought "What the heck, what small item would I like to have for myself?" And I answered, "Some new handwarmers"; and I decided that I would make them extremely simply and just let the yarn speak for itself.
The lavender looks kind of grey in this picture, it's prettier than it shows here. Once I got going I almost wished I had opted for socks. They would have been cozy. But I'm just not into hand washing socks any more.
While the yarn is (of course) luscious, what really caught my eye were the dpns. What are they? (Not that I use dpns; only Magic Loop for me.)
ReplyDeleteOooeee! Pretty!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, I can't wait to see them finished! Now I want to spin up some more of that...
ReplyDeleteMy new washing machine ( the old one lasted 26 years and I have great hopes of this one ) has a really gentle cold water wool wash and my socks go into there. I have washed cardigans and gloves and scarves and so far, no casualties.
ReplyDeleteI love my new washing machine - I don't think I'd knit socks if I had to wash them by hand either :)