Handspun Smitten
Finished
December 29, 2011
July 21, 2014

Handspun Smitten

Project info
Smitten (a Holiday Garland) by Emily Ivey
Knitting
DecorativeWall Hanging
the holidays
Needles & yarn
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
455 yards
Tactile: A Fiber Arts Studio Handspun
none left in stash
0.15 skeins = 15.8 yards (14.4 meters), 12 grams
Blue-Grey-Purple
Blue
Madrona Fiber Arts 2008
Pigeonroof Studios Merino Silk
21.0 yards (19.2 meters), 14 grams
Blackberry Crumble
Red-purple
Pigeonroof Studios
October 1, 2010
Corgi Hill Farm BFL/Tussah Silk
19.0 yards (17.4 meters), 10 grams
Unicorn Alley 2
Blue-purple
Rav trade
February 7, 2011
Cloudlover Merino/Tussah Silk
65.0 yards (59.4 meters), 28 grams
Bonnie Lass
Purple
cloudlover69.etsy.com
June 11, 2009
Abstract Fiber Yak Merino Silk
1 skein = 15.0 yards (13.7 meters), 7 grams
Vineyard
Multicolored
Ferndale Fiber Potluck Wool
17.0 yards (15.5 meters), 7 grams
Wild Rose
Pink
My Samples from Classes
22.0 yards (20.1 meters), 12 grams
Various
March 2012
Funky Carolina Shetland
1 skein = 21.0 yards (19.2 meters), 11 grams
My Winding Wheel
Yellow-green
Funky Carolina
October 1, 2008
Funky Carolina BFL
24.0 yards (21.9 meters), 16 grams
Autumn Girl
Red-purple
Funky Carolina
Opulent Fibers Merino Silk
20.0 yards (18.3 meters), 5 grams
Blackberry Storm
Gray
FLUFF SW Merino Cashmere Nylon
17.0 yards (15.5 meters), 11 grams
Brilliant/Murky
Blue-green
Bride Flight Studios Bluefaced Leicester
1 skein = 14.0 yards (12.8 meters), 8 grams
Purple
Rav trade
October 27, 2010
Bride Flight Studios Shetland
1 skein = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters), 10 grams
Purple
http://www.etsy.com/shop/brideflightstudios
October 10, 2010
Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop
none left in stash
0.1 skeins = 20.0 yards (18.3 meters), 8 grams
Blue
Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat
February 2008
Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop
none left in stash
0.15 skeins = 30.0 yards (27.4 meters), 12 grams
Red-purple
Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat
February 2008
Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop
none left in stash
0.15 skeins = 30.0 yards (27.4 meters), 12 grams
Orange
Crown Mountain Farms
February 2009
FLUFF Silky Cashmerino
7.0 yards (6.4 meters), 4 grams
Blue
http://flufffibers.etsy.com
December 2010
Potentiality Three-Ply Handspun
15.0 yards (13.7 meters), 8 grams
Black
Madrona Fiber Arts
February 19, 2011
Potentiality Two-Ply Handspun
25.0 yards (22.9 meters), 11 grams
Brown
Two If By Hand Shetland
2 skeins = 38.0 yards (34.7 meters), 16 grams
Multicolored
http://twoifbyhand.bigcartel.com
November 17, 2011
Notes

Planning on this project to use up leftover handspun. So it may take a while to be finished.

Knit Dec 2011-Jan 2012:
Pink mitten: Funky Carolina BFL in Autumn Girl, used US 5 needles, knit as per pattern
Light blue mitten: Tactile Fiber Arts Handspun, US 6 needles, modified to have four fewer stitches on each round and a few rows less, as I was using thicker yarn
Brown & purple mitten: Potentiality Two-Ply Handspun in Blueberries and Chocolate, US 5 needles, no mods
3 finished

Knit Dec 2012-Jan 2013:
Purple: Pigeonroof merino/silk in Blackberry Crumble
Green: Unicorn Lane
Blue & Green: Blue is FLUFF Sapphire Waters and green stripe is from Cloudlover BFL in Fangorn
Brown and Purple: Brown and the lime green is FLUFF Ripe Eggplant and the Purple is Cloudlover merino/silk (navaho-plied singles leftover from a combo spin)
(Pink & Grey: Fluff SW Merino in Argyle and Grey Flannel leftover from two matching baby sweaters, and a few other scraps)
(Grey & Purple: Scrappy mitten, grey from a class spin, purple from TIBH polwarth silk leftover fiber, and a bit of CMF Sock Hop as well)
(3 Gradient Brown, 3 Gradient Grey: FLUFF BFL Sticks and Stones knit in here, but gifted)
a total of 9 finished at this point, since I gave 6 away

I’m out of handspun scraps now, so will put this away until next winter, when I have a new batch of leftovers to work with.

Knit Nov 2013-January 2014:
Two Lavender: Two smittens out of the Bonnie Lass
Blue, Purple, Brown/Orange: A total of three knit out the Crown Mountain Sock Hop that’s really deep stash
Pink: Ferndale Potluck Roving
Green: Vineyard green to black
Two Blues: Blue from silk hanky, variegated blues and aqua handspun singles from a batt
Dark Blue: Alpaca/silk - Knit this one and then ripped back to the cuff to take a few rows out, because the mitten was too long due to the drape of the fiber
Light Green: Old Funky Carolina in Winding Wheel - really, it was a bit too thick for US 5s, but this is nostaligic yarn for me - almost my first handspun - so I’m happy to have it in my Smitten garland
Purple and Orange: Striped two colors of the CMF Sock Hop together

I decided that I didn’t like the scrappy ones (two colors is okay, but three or more is messy), so I frogged the Pink & Grey and Grey & Purple smittens that I knit last year and put the yarn back in my scrap bin. I also knit one from a grey to blue to black gradient, but it was too stripey, so I frogged that too.

Knit Spring-Summer 2014:
Purple/Grey Marl: leftovers from the Blackberry Storm gradient yarn
Greens: leftovers from the Brilliant/Murky
Light blue: Shetland, Cuddlefish - 8 g, 19 yards
Yellow: Shetland, Cuddlefish - 8 g, 19 yards
Purple: Shetland Wine-Dark Sea

Finished total: 24

Two and a half years in the making. So excited to be done! And will probably start another one pretty soon anyway.

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December 29, 2011
July 21, 2014
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  • Originally queued: December 8, 2011
  • Project created: December 30, 2011
  • Finished: July 22, 2014
  • Updated: October 23, 2015
  • Progress updates: 7 updates