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| Maggie's Crocheted Fingerless Gloves |
Well, Mother Nature made her point very clear this week in southern Alberta.
Yes,
she's in charge.
Snow, sleet and a nasty temperature dip after a
lovely late summer weekend. : (
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| Maggie's Knit Fingerless Gloves |
My tomatoes are grumpy over my insistence that they wear sheets at night...
...and I'm grumpy about needing to wear a jacket and fingerless gloves!
I
still have (and wear) the two pairs of fingerless gloves I crocheted
and knit in the fall of 2012. I love them because they're tiny
enough to tuck into my jacket pockets and always have on hand (pun
intended).
Looking for my gloves, however, reminded me that I forgot to tell you about a great little pattern I found this summer. Even better, this pattern comes with a great little video from one of my favourite knitting websites, Very Pink. Quick to complete, they were a perfect birthday treat for my sister. If you want to learn to knit, you really need to check out this website and the mitts would make a wonderful first project.
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| A great "free" pattern from Very Pink |
For
wool I used Malabrigo Rios Yarn (871 Playa). I mention that because
it's a wonderful pure marino superwash wool made in Peru.
“Rio
means 'river' in Spanish. Malabrigo Rios is named after the four
major rivers in Uruguay: Rio Cuareim, Rio Uruguay, Rio de la Plata,
and Rio Negro. Each river is represented by one ply. These plies
twist together like winding rivers. Rios also signifies the yarn's
washability; for millennia, rivers have provided water for washing
garments.”
Makes
you look at a ball of wool in a new light, doesn't it? If you're
looking for wool to go with demin, this is it!
Side
note....
My
original plan was a little hoodie for my grandson. However, by the
time I got through the back, I realized I did not have nearly enough
wool. Too late to buy more (and it would have cost a fortune to buy
enough). Oh, well. I learned a lesson about yards vs grams and
substituting yarns!
Those gloves are so cute but won't need them here any time soon. I think all your heat came this way. Southern California is under and extreme heat advisory until Monday night at 7pm. They are predicting triple digits for Sunday. Even after Monday it is going to be in the high 80s or low 90s for 10 days! So if you don't hear from me I have melted!
ReplyDeleteOh, dear!! We're back to more seasonal temperatures this week (thank goodness). Hope you are, too!
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