Monday, January 05, 2009

And now to sleep...

With a forecast windchill of -45 C tomorrow, there's no way I wanted to leave the house without my thrummed mittens! And since having a set of dpns still in them would be awkward, I stayed up to finish:
Thrummed Mittens
Okay warm weather, it's time to show up!

9 comments:

Deneen said...

I love those! With the Reynauds, those would be perfect for me and my chronically purple fingers. I bought the latest issue of Interweave Crochet and they have a crocheted thrummed mitten pattern I may try-using wool and roving I already have-can't wrap my head around the pattern just yet though.

noricum said...

Oooo, neat! I'll have to look in the latest IC. (I don't think I have it... if I do, I haven't read it yet.)

Let me know if you need me to knit you a pair, if the crochet ones don't work out for you. ;)

dragon knitter said...

do you wear any rings? i've thought about thrummed mitts (i have arthritis, and warmth is a huge necessity), but i'm afraid my ring would catch before the thrums felted.

noricum said...

No, I don't wear rings. I think snagging would be a problem. I suppose you could always wear a light liner mitten inside the thrummed mitten...

Shelley Noble said...

Yikes! -45C?! That's insane for goodnesssake. It's 50 degrees F in my house and I'm complaining! note to self: only live in temperate climes!

noricum said...

You know, I think I'd be complaining if it were 50F in my house too. ;) It didn't end up getting that cold... only -38C with windchill, if I remember correctly. Then, take the windchill off of that, and it sounds much more reasonable. (When wearing the correct clothing, and spending minimal time outside, of course!)

Lucy said...

Those are so adorable!

LG said...

Beautiful!!!

noricum said...

Thanks everyone!