More experimentation on the perfect warm-hands item. Faith's fleece from Peeper Hollow Farm felts into a really interesting, thick, bumpy, dense, glossy, springy fabric. I decided to try some felt mittens, and cut tiny slots in the palm for finger-stick-out-ability to see if I could make a version of convertible mittens without the between-fingers bulk of the inside partial glove, and the nuisance of the flappy top. I just want to poke two fingers out when I need to fumble my truck keys into the lock at -30 and howling wind. I started these from Fiber Trend's Snow Country Pattern , but they eat up my bulky navajo ply like nobody's 
business, and I keep having to stop and make more yarn. Faith's fleece is still greasy, so I'm reluctant to stop the project that's on the wheel at the moment to spin and ply some wool for this, so it's going somewhat slowly. That, and the fact that it's May and I don't need felt mittens anymore is making me drag my feet. However, I do need those big double pointed needles for the felted bag project I want to start next, so I'm going to have to finish sooner or later! More to come!I'm learning:
Greasy wool is fun to spin, but hard to navajo ply
It takes lots of yarn to make giant size mittens
Short rows for curving! Cool!
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Cristy:
We could be twins separated at birth! I have been knitting socks lately! learned a few years ago and seem to have a couple pairs going all the time. I knit two at a time on one or two circular needles, toe up. That is the way I learned and the only way I can visualize the process. I have not tried lace, socks are enough for me.
Bambie
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