See her post on how she liked them!
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I’ve rearranged the notes here in reverse chronological order - FYI. The hat in pic #2 is the Dobby Hat in my projects.
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Phew! She has them and said she liked the whole package (but I’m still a little concerned - she hasn’t put up photos and didn’t say anything specific about the mittens…..I’m probably just being pessimistic). Now I can put up my crappy photos. The DD absconded with the camera, so we’re stuck with cell phone pictures only. Sorry.
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Finally FINALLY done! They are not perfect - but they are acceptable to give as a gift (just barely), plus I am six weeks LATE. They are wonderfully soft & warm; I sure hope she likes them. Husband says they are “too busy”; I’m worried she’ll hate them….
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The kitten is having fun pulling out all the pins in the mittens as they are drying. If these get done, it’ll be a bloody miracle.
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Took nearly 3 hours to weave in all the ends…….
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With all the crazy problems: gauge, yarn dominance (which I did not fix as you can see in pic #4), too tight thumbs, my biggest problem has been our new kitten who is always attacking my knitting.
I made two plastic thumb inserts to block the thumbs out - thank goodness it worked.
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Had to start second thumb over-messed up the pattern. GAH! They are too tight!!!
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Finally got both mittens done(all except for the thumbs which I like to do together last ) and had gauge problems like I’ve never had! Had to re-knit second mitten. (see last 2 pics)
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Got all the way up to 2 rows past the thumb hole & decided it was too small! Ripped back to wrist. I’m very glad I did & am much happier with it now.
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Re-jiggered the Ranka pattern for Devil’s Snare. Changed palm pattern entirely, added all the House colors and a Vikkel braid or two. Using the navy marl cashmere yarn double as it’s really a laceweight & somewhat fragile. I’ll still have plenty.
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Oh yeah-pulled everything for these out of stash, ans it’s all really lovely stuff (except one yarn that I needed only a tiny bit of for its color).
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Finally have the pattern picked out….now let’s go stash diving!
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Hmmmmmm. NOT TELLING!!