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November 27, 2009

From Susan — Turkey Hangover!

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 1:15 pm

My, I ate a lot yesterday!  Oh, well. It is the tradition we have grown to love.  My beloved FIL did all of the cooking (with daughter Mary’s help) but said he just couldn’t do it any more.  It really is hard to see him get older and unable to do what he enjoys. 

Today I did something I NEVER do: I woke up at 4:30 am and ran out to Target to buy a $3 toaster (page 21)!  My husband thought I was crazy…hey, crazy smart!  I did indeed snag me a $3 toaster that I plan on taking to work.  I did not want to spend a lot (check) because I knew it was not an appropriate charge for reimbursement (check).  So, I marched into Target with hundreds of other idiots bargain hunters who were there for much more interesting items.

On the gift-knitting front — I have opted for much smaller scale projects than Surly.  Here you see the latest of my recent FOs, knit for my niece (sister to the Marsan Watchcap recipient):

The pattern is Baby Fan Mitts by Morgan Wolf (free Ravelry download).  I loved the feather and fan lace and the fact that the right and left glovelets are identical.  I also liked what Morgan said about the sizing:

“The gloves measure 6.5 inches (16 cm) around and 6.5 inches (16 cm) from cuff to top. Thanks to the stretchiness of the lace, they are comfortable for hands up to 8 inches so they fit women’s size medium to large. Adjustments to size can be made by adjusting yarn and needle size.”

Not being sure of Tara’s size, I like the idea that they stretch to fit just about anyone.  They do fit me very well and would certainly fit someone with smaller hands.  I do not think mine would stretch to 8″ though because my bind off is too tight.  If Tara’s hands ARE larger than mine, I will need to redo the bind off.

The only change I made was to the decreases — Morgan has all of the decreases worked as “k2tog.”  I changed the two at the end of the pattern repeat to SSK for symmetry. 

Project Summary

Grade: A

Pattern: Baby Fan Mitts by Morgan Wolf

Yarn: Misti Alpaca Suri Alpaca and Silk (80% Suri Alpaca, 20% Silk; 109 yards per 50 grams, 2 skeins)

Color: Deep Velvet #2015

Needles: US Size 3 dpns

8 Comments »

  1. What a great gift idea! These are lovely.

    Comment by Pam — November 27, 2009 @ 1:42 pm

  2. Gorgeous! And the color is perfection itself too.

    Comment by Laura — November 27, 2009 @ 6:07 pm

  3. Pretty mitts! That yarn looks absolutely scrumptious.

    Comment by kmkat — November 27, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

  4. Oooh. I love the color.

    Comment by surly — November 27, 2009 @ 9:52 pm

  5. I wanted that toaster too- and the $3 crockpot, as well! Unfortunately, I got delayed until 6:30 and they were all out- lucky you!

    Comment by Mujercita — November 28, 2009 @ 11:06 am

  6. Congratulations – on surviving the shopping and on the stunning mitts!

    Comment by twinsetellen — November 28, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

  7. Being from Canada, our Turkey feast is long past. Your post title now has me salivating for the Christmas turkey. Thanks for the link to the gloves. They are lovely.

    Comment by Brenda — November 28, 2009 @ 8:31 pm

  8. I really like those little mitts! I’m thinking I might be able to crank a pair (or two!) of those out for Christmas gift-ing. So cute. (I think you’re incredibly brave to venture out into the Black Friday . . . thing.)

    Comment by Kym — November 30, 2009 @ 5:43 pm

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