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Welcome back to WIP Wednesday! And today is a new project, inspired by DeviCat's "Do this in your Style" project -- when I first saw this IG post, I was like, "yep, I can make mittens out of that!"
So, I know that some of you are probably also doing crafting and art challenges this summer; and I'd love to see them! Link to both the challenge and your projects in the comments, and show off your awesomeness! (Please, no Ravelry project links though, as Ravelry is, unfortunately, still a seizure risk. But IG posts, Facebook posts, blog posts, or anything else is more then welcome)!
Welcome back to WIP Wednesday! And today is a new project, inspired by DeviCat's "Do this in your Style" project -- when I first saw this IG post, I was like, "yep, I can make mittens out of that!"
It's taken a couple of tries and experimentation to get the tension of the two-colour ribbing to line up with the mitten, but, I think this time has got it! I'm just working on the thumb gusset, and it's coming along well!
Yarn is, by request, a cotton yarn, and I found a wonderful recycled cotton yarn at my local yarn shop: in Borgo de'pazzi Amore Cotton! It's 75% recycled cotton, and 25% polyester. Since these are going out, I wanted something machine washable; and I love that these are mostly recycled cotton! (cotton is actually a crop with some real environmental and workers-rights issues). It felt very rough in the skein, but it's softened up even as I knit with it. I don't know if I'd want as it next to sensitive skin, but as workhorse mittens, knit up into super dense fabric on 3.5 mm (US 4) needles, it's working up very well!
The *Celtic Knot Stitch Marker is from *NotionsEmporium, and is marking my beginning/end of round, while the blue gem stitch marker is from *Fibremancy, and is marking the other side of the thumb gusset, and both are working out well. The blue stitch marker has a wider 'ring' size, as it's actually based on an earring back, so, if I were working on bigger needles, I'd probably be using two of those, rather then the Celtic Knot marker. But both are locking, which is perfect for Magic Loop/Travelling Loop!
So, I know that some of you are probably also doing crafting and art challenges this summer; and I'd love to see them! Link to both the challenge and your projects in the comments, and show off your awesomeness! (Please, no Ravelry project links though, as Ravelry is, unfortunately, still a seizure risk. But IG posts, Facebook posts, blog posts, or anything else is more then welcome)!
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