Mittens, And Hats, For Afghans
Three days later and they are finally dry!
Grand Total: 5 pairs of mittens and 4 hats!
All out of Elena lopi. I can't find much about this yarn online, all I know is that my grandmother bought it on a trip to Canada years ago. And I hate the stuff. It's very 'rustic', read, scratchy, full of sticks, and breaks easily. That said, I think its got to be very warm. I used almost all of five skiens, that little ball in the middle is all that is left.
Other then the crappy yarn I am really happy with the project. This project was really good for learning basic mitten and hat construction. I now feel comfortable that given measurements I could easily whip up a basic pair of mittens and hat! Plus it was very easy knitting, which is what I needed. And quick too. I don't recall exactly how long I was working on it, but I aimed for either a mitten a day or half a hat per day and made it no problem.
The only other thing is that I accidentally, sort of, felted them a bit. I had washed and blocked the first pair of mittens and they took days to dry, so I wrote off washing the rest. But when I was finishing the last of them I realized the washed and blocked pair felt much much softer then the rest. And since the yarn was so scratchy to begin with I decided I should break down and wash them all. After I had washed them, I only had 3 days left and thought I might be cutting it close for drying time. Our dryer has an air dry setting, so I thought I would give that a try. I figured since it didn't heat up it wouldn't felt the mittens. But I guess the agitation was enough, because there is a distinct difference between the original pair and the rest., which were put through the dryer.
No dryer on the left, dryer on the right.
Thankfully I realized it before too much damage had been done. So it was back to real air drying. Everything finally dried out Sunday sometime., so I was able to ship them off today. Perfect timing.
Grand Total: 5 pairs of mittens and 4 hats!
All out of Elena lopi. I can't find much about this yarn online, all I know is that my grandmother bought it on a trip to Canada years ago. And I hate the stuff. It's very 'rustic', read, scratchy, full of sticks, and breaks easily. That said, I think its got to be very warm. I used almost all of five skiens, that little ball in the middle is all that is left.
Other then the crappy yarn I am really happy with the project. This project was really good for learning basic mitten and hat construction. I now feel comfortable that given measurements I could easily whip up a basic pair of mittens and hat! Plus it was very easy knitting, which is what I needed. And quick too. I don't recall exactly how long I was working on it, but I aimed for either a mitten a day or half a hat per day and made it no problem.
The only other thing is that I accidentally, sort of, felted them a bit. I had washed and blocked the first pair of mittens and they took days to dry, so I wrote off washing the rest. But when I was finishing the last of them I realized the washed and blocked pair felt much much softer then the rest. And since the yarn was so scratchy to begin with I decided I should break down and wash them all. After I had washed them, I only had 3 days left and thought I might be cutting it close for drying time. Our dryer has an air dry setting, so I thought I would give that a try. I figured since it didn't heat up it wouldn't felt the mittens. But I guess the agitation was enough, because there is a distinct difference between the original pair and the rest., which were put through the dryer.
No dryer on the left, dryer on the right.
Thankfully I realized it before too much damage had been done. So it was back to real air drying. Everything finally dried out Sunday sometime., so I was able to ship them off today. Perfect timing.
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