Knitting gifts for Christmas always seems such a good idea – but why does it always end up taking more time than you have? The snow and ice has returned and it meant a day of going nowhere and an excuse to do nothing but knit.
I’m doing three pairs of mittens and have finally finished one pair, the other needs another three rows per hand and I have finished one of the other pair (which was the pair I started first…).
This pair are for my mother-in-law, a lover of animals. The yarn is spun from a batt made of merino, alpaca and angora so represents a good selection from the animal kingdom. I’m not sure I carded it very well, the angora went into little clumps, but it made an interesting tweedy effect so I’m going to claim it’s a design feature.
Spinstar Creations 