4 posts tagged “hand_springs”
Beware of girls with pointy sticks!
Ooooo...yes. Do you know how lovely a 2-ply cashmere and silk blend heavy lace-weight yarn feels? Well you should. It's one of the softest yarns I have had the pleasure of pawing.
My first Hand Springs Fingerless Mitts were made from some hand-dyed by Madeline Tosh. When I was told that they would not be carrying that line of hand-dyed yarn, I looked for another indie dyer.
I found Ellie of Crazy4Dyeing on Ravelry. She agreed to buy the yarn from a supplier and hand-dye it in appealing semi-solids.
She even sent a free skein with which to work another pair of mitts and get the gauge for the pattern! I'm so pleased with this yarn. It's the same weight as the Madeline Tosh yarn I had, so I know the results will be fantastic.
Here is the colorway I chose. The color is actually in-between the two photos, but I couldn't get my color tones just right in only one photo. I really need a light tent with an Ott Light to do it justice.
I have the pre-release PDF of my Hand Springs Fingerless Mitts pattern all ready for test knitting before debuting the pattern on Ravelry.org. If you would like to be one of the test knitters, please contact me through Vox, Ravelry, Crafster.org or Flickr. (user name is RecycleMicol) I will give you recognition here and on Ravelry for being so incredibly nice! :-)
First-time test knitters welcome!
(Shown below in progress using Madeline Tosh light-fingering weight yarn. Lace weight may also be used for the test.)
Now to just get the addendum to the Spring Forward sock pattern written so that I can post it for all my fellow knitters. I'll have it by next week...I promise!
