I stuttered and stammered and finally said that I had promised 2 pairs of those mittens and a lined stranded hat, like this one, to sons and DILs.
She said it'd be ok. She didn't expect them until January. What? What did she say? What?
Besides that, I've got these beauties I'm working on. And right now I'm in love and won't be distracted by anything else.
This is Henslowe. Such simple knitting but the construction is what is blowing me away.
See the bit of yarn by the lace? That is where the shawl started. Yup. With 1 stitch.
The garter is knit first. Then it is bound off, all except 1 stitch. You then turn the piece and pick up stitches along the other edge and proceed to knit the lace.
After that is done there is a knitted on picot edge. Can't wait to get there. It's so pretty and I'm thinking of putting beads on the picot.
And also on the needles is this cutie.
It's gonna be for 1st DGD. She's 7 and already a fashion-ista. Pink and purple are her colors. Just like this gramma!
I'm gonna knit on it until the yarn is gone. I hope she loves it.
So getting back to the stranded mitten dilemma. I succumbed and ordered the yarn for my sister's mittens per the colors she requested.
Do you think I can get 2 pairs of mittens and lined stranded hat finished by Christmas...whose yarn has to be washed first, BTW, because of bleeding...and then get another pair for my sister done sometime before winter is done?
Because, you know, I'm totally going to ignore her January deadline. I love her but really, I'll be pickled and never want to touch stranded knitting again.
I think I know the answer to my question. (That I'm oh so very delusional.) But could you all weigh in too?
