February 12, 2010
anemoi redux
once upon a winter 2007, or thereabouts, I set out to knit eunny jang's anemoi mittens. some knitter gauge error occurred, and one mitten turned out smaller than the other. I decided a solution might be to felt the larger mitten and shrink it down a bit to match the other one.
as you might suspect, it was an ill-fated plan. the mitten didn't shrink, but the colors bled and now the white areas looked vaguely tea-stained. only on that one mitten. fail. I called it a day tossed them into the box of winter accessories.
cut to the present. my current mittens are out of commission due to a growing hole in the thumb. I grabbed the anemoi's, and they finally see some time outside.
I was pleasantly surprised to find they are super warm. I must be the last one on the boat of fair-isle hand wear fans. for anyone out there who hasn't got the memo: fair isle mittens = the ultimate in winter hand comfort. (also, handspun = awesome)
turns out the difference in sizes doesn't bother me. alas, they were still different colors.
nothing a little dye can't fix.
hello, navyblack mittens.
Comments (5)
Whoa! Quite a change! I like them, and they won't show dirt as well. :o)
Posted by elizabeth | February 12, 2010 12:27 PM
Posted on February 12, 2010 12:27
So pretty! I love the blue.
Posted by Brooke | February 12, 2010 5:57 PM
Posted on February 12, 2010 17:57
Great Save!! The anemoi mittens are such a wonderful pattern that I am glad you were finally able to enjoy them. I have some adjusting to do on mine as well but since I live in California there is really no hurry...LOL! But at least I know if my attempt at felting goes bad I still have dye to save me :O)
Posted by Peacockchic | February 13, 2010 11:17 AM
Posted on February 13, 2010 11:17
What a great solution! I think they look lovely.
Posted by Emilee | February 13, 2010 11:57 AM
Posted on February 13, 2010 11:57
ooOOOOOoooO! They look really nice!
And don't worry - I'm definitely the last one on the fair-isle handwarmer bandwagon. Still in the consideration phase I guess. Although, you make several good points about comfort and warmth. Perhaps I should move into pattern-consideration phase.
Posted by Rainy Daisy | February 13, 2010 7:15 PM
Posted on February 13, 2010 19:15