In February, I published a mitten pattern with Windy Valley Muskox . It takes about 1 1/2 skeins of this fabulous yarn so you'll have to buy two. Of course, you could make the cuffs longer! I'm thinking I need a version with fingers (aka gloves). It's on the back burner, for the moment. In the meantime, let me tell you how lovely it is to work with qiviut! It is one of the softest fibers, definitely the lightest, and so warm for the weight; it's best as a light layer under others, and luxurious close to the skin. Sometimes, people misunderstand and think that qiviut comes from the inside coat (I'm not sure how to imagine that), or the underbelly of the muskox; that's because it is often described as the "under coat." What this actually means is that it's the down layer, and grows during the cold months, closer to the skin, all over the animal; it's like down feathers on a duck. I worked for WVM for several yea...
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Thats awesome! :) very cool! So creative too.
ReplyDeleteToo cute. What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteDang girl! Rock and roll!
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea, classic, beautiful colors. The yarn looks really nice too does it have cotton in it? Great work Karen! We were a baseball family with our boy(18 now) it's so much fun to see them grow as players. Hopefully ours will join a team at work this year, we'll see.
ReplyDeleteWill they be autographed?
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!
Oh my gosh....that's amazing!
ReplyDeleteI FREAKIN LOVE THEM!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou know, those fit me :-)
xoxox
marly
Oh. My. Gosh!!! That is TOOOO cute!!! Where were you when my boys were playing baseball??? Wow! Very, very cool!!!
ReplyDeletegreat idea, beautifully done
ReplyDeleteThose are really cool! Great idea :)
ReplyDeleteJust love them. I can just see wearing them at one of those "colder than you expected" Rockies games.......
ReplyDeleteLove them! So inventive & perfect to start off the new season!
ReplyDeletelove love love them.
ReplyDelete:applauds