Jamieson's of Shetland and Twittens August 06 2014, 2 Comments
As you might know, I'm deep in the process of acquiring some studio premises and way back in April, when the prospect first presented itself, it was the perfect opportunity to invest in a new range of 100% British wool that I've loved using myself for a long time - and now, it's finally made its way into the online shop too - you can find all 50 shades of Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift here.
I've had the luxury of a few days off this week, and have spent the time getting back to my colourwork roots. My mum taught me how to do stranded knitting back in the day when I kept nagging her with "but how do you change colour?" and following charts comes naturally having done so much stranded knitting, rug-making and cross-stitch over the years.
The Jamieson's was perfect for these Titbird mittens by Natalia Moreva - although that name always makes me giggle somewhat immaturely, so I've rechristened them the Twittens.
The colours I used were Rye for the background (almost got away with one ball, but needed to break into a second ball just for the thumb), then working up through the mitten, Stonehenge, Bluebell, Surf, Grouse, Old Gold, Gold, Buttermilk, Caspian, Crimson and Maroon. 11 colours - 12 balls in total, although could have made them with fewer colours, I just wanted to experiment.
I went down a needle size to 2.25mm - my hands are small.
These are unblocked - in fact, I'm not entirely sure how to block them?
But the pattern was fun - the second glove took two days and I loved every stitch. Even loved working with the Jamieson's in the heat and sunshine we've been having.
It's worth browsing Natalia Moreva's other patterns - so many beautiful designs.
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Alison Hamilton on January 22 2017 at 09:36PM
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sheila wilyman on September 12 2014 at 05:11PM
Debbie they are lovely, a beautiful mixture of colours How ever did you manage to knit the second mitten in 2 days ? And with all the change of colours.