Category Archives: Finished objects

Lacy mitts – finished!

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I finished the lacy fingerless mitts for Lauren two days ago, but only got photos taken today – I needed the DH’s help, as it’s kinda awkward to photograph both of one’s own hands!

Nundle Woollen Mills, Retro 4ply

I’m very pleased with these – other than the slight oopsy of stuffing up the thumb increase on mitten two, and starting it a pattern repeat later than on mitten one – hence one mitt being almost an inch longer than the other. I’m sure Lauren won’t mind – it’s not terribly obvious.

I like these so much that now I need to make a pair for myself!  Despite the lacy holes, they are quite warm, which is good, as we’re moving into autumn down here, and winter gets quite chilly.

Details:

Yarn: Nundle Woolen Mills Retro 4ply (pure wool)

Pattern: improvisation as I went along. The lace pattern is the same basic lace from the Veronik socks.

Finished mitts!

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Just a fly-by post, since I’m madly finishing the copy-edits for my book, due to posted tomorrow.

The mitts are finished, and I managed not to stuff up the cables or anything else in mitt 2!

Handknitted fingerless mitts

Hand knitted fingerless mitts

(Thanks to my DH for taking the photos.)

I’m very happy with the pattern, and the yarn, and look forward to wearing them when the weather gets cooler.

Now, I’d better get back to the copy-edits… after they’re done, I can start another knitting project, but not before!!

From the knitting ‘archives’

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My Ravelry projects page was looking somewhat uninteresting, so I rummaged in the wardrobe for some jumpers that I’d knitted in the early 1990s, dragged out Jane, my ancient (and somewhat wonky) dressmaker’s model, and took some photos:

Cream fair-isle handknitted jumper

Yarn: Patons Totem 8ply (DK)

Pattern: ‘Cecelia’ designed by Victor Herbert (London) from a Thorobred  Scheepjeswol pattern booklet (circa 1988)

(NB – Jane and I are not, and in fact never have been, the same shape. No matter how much I adjust her.)

Brown patterned yoke handknitted jumper

Yarn: Wangaratta Woollen Mills 8ply (main colour); Patons Totem 8ply contrasts

Pattern: basic dimensions from ‘Cecelia’ (see above);  yoke and band patterns designed by moi. (And I even did a swatch, which I still have somewhere about.)

Diamond texture handknitted jumper

Yarn: Probably Cleckheaton Machine Wash 8ply, or similar

Pattern: my own invention

I wore these jumpers regularly for some years, until I put on too much weight – they’re supposed to be a loose style, but currently hug my tum and hips rather snugly. But I’m gonna get skinny slimmer again, so I’ll get to wear them this winter, right??

New shoes – and socks!

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Hand knitted socks. Pattern: Socks for Veronik; Yarn: Nundle 4ply Retro

I have to wear ‘sensible’ shoes most of the time, and I bought these the other day on special – thinking as I did that they’d go well with handknit socks. And they do. (I think this is the middle-aged equivalent of a little girl wearing pink frilly party socks – although I’ll be wearing mine with trousers, not a dress. So it will mostly be only me who sees them.)

Hand knitted socks. Pattern: Socks for Veronik; Yarn: Nundle 4ply Retro

I ordered sock blockers yesterday from The Knittery. I’m hoping they’ll arrive tomorrow, but it may not be until Friday.

And yes, I put in an order at The Knittery but didn’t order any more yarn. How virtuous is that? However, I’ve only earned $47.60 in my exer-stash program, and I have to earn the $70 for the gift voucher from Wool on Wheels before I can spend it, so that’s my first target. Plus, there’s the little incidental fact that I have three skeins of sock yarn from The Knittery already that I haven’t started knitting yet. (Although I’ll probably start one of them this afternoon 🙂 ) So, sock-blockers and several sets of dpns were all I ordered yesterday. It’s only fibre and yarn that I have to walk to ‘earn’, so tools are exempt. And books. Which I don’t buy very often, but there’s a shipment on its way from amazon.com at this moment. They’ll probably be at least another week away.

Project details:

Pattern: Socks for Veronik, Interweave Knits. Holiday 2007

Yarn: Nundle Woollen Mills’ Retro 4ply, shade 147, 100% pure wool

Needles: 2.75mm

Modifications: I didn’t like the toe decrease as per the pattern, so I worked side decreases every second row until 30 sts remained, then every row until 14 sts remained, then grafted.