When the thermometer says this:
I am very glad I finished these
a few days ago. My hands are not often cold, but wearing these around the house has been like giving my hands a constant hug. Once again, thanks to Susan, my Knitting Coffee Swap buddy, for the beautiful and soft alpaca yarn. She gave me two 110 yard skeins; I used all but 10 yards of one. Now... what to make from the other skein? I'm not a hat person and the yarn is a tad too itchy for a scarf. Ideas?
Yarn: Araucania Atacama, 100% alpaca; ~ 90 yards.
Needles: Crystal Palace bamboo dpns, US#4. The yarn label said size 7s; personally, I think that would make anything of this yarn too loose.
Pattern: Fetching, from Knitty, with mods. Different yarn, different size needles, cast on 40 instead of 45 st, have 3 cables at the wrist and the same at the fingers instead of the three and one called for in the pattern, and cable every 4th row instead of every 5th. That last mod was a *design feature* because I forgot to count rows and had to guess.
I started wearing the right one as soon as I finished it -- better to look silly than have a cold hand, right? -- and was a little worried that the yarn might be too itchy for me. I have never been able to wear wool next to my skin. I wore it to bed that night; one of the times my hands get cold is in bed because I can't find a comfortable position if they are under the covers, and we keep our bedroom cool. My wrist itched a little at first, but by morning the wool didn't bother me at all. Yay -- there is hope!
The dogs wonder why I'm not feeding them/letting them out/filling their water dish.
"Blah blah blah outside blah blah treat blah blah blah."
