Swatched at 4 sts, 5.25 rows per inch, felted in top load washer, hot water, for 25 minutes, blocked, then felted for another 3000 agitations by hand, reblocked to 5 sts, 8.25 rows per inch.

02-10-2013 - Knitting is finished. Now to find a time to felt them!

02-12-2013 - I divided a piece of yarn into four individual plies and used it to stitch a layer of plastic from a dismantled garbage bag into the middle of the mittens to keep them from felting into one big glob. 30 minutes in the washing machine with several lingerie bags to help with agitation, and they were just as predicted. I stretched hem out a bit so the cuff flares, and they’re currently drying. I may need to felt the thumb more (it didn’t felt as much as the body of the mitt, and is too long right now), but they look pretty good.

02-14-2013 - Aurora heather Stroll for the inner layer arrived today. Cast on using the Rolled-Edge Cast On, page 102 “Cast On, Bind Off: 211 Ways…” and I love this cast on. Easiest way ever to make a stretchy tubular cast on.