Just an update - The Stranded issues have been traded but the other two items are still available for trade. Also, the two photos at the top of the blog are the Dale of Norway Lillehammer knee socks done in Nature Spun sport weight and a pair of mittens from the pattern brochure A Year of Mittens done in Classic Elite Tapestry.

Vinternatt Mittens

Here are the Vinternatt Mittens, front and back, from a kit by Nordic Fiber Arts done in Strikkegarn on size 4 dpns I believe. I was initially worried there wouldn't be enough contrast with the colors I chose but I now like how they turned out. I decided not to baste the hems for a picot edging (I'm thinking these mittens might work for a boy) and just let them roll instead. I did them in a size small and had an entire skein of the blue color left over.


STUFF TO TRADE

I'll trade any of the items below for some fingering or sport weight 100% wool yarn (no superwash) in any solid color such as Brown Sheep's Nature Spun.

1. 4 issues of Stranded - the newsletter devoted to knitting colorwork by Bonnie Franz. Each issue is devoted to a single country and includes around 5 patterns. The issues for trade are January 2003 - Norway, Spring 2003 - New Zealand, Summer 2003 - Egypt, and Autumn 2003 - Shetland issue which has a pattern for Sanquhar toddler gloves. I'll trade these four issues for four skeins of yarn.

2. Zoe Mellor's 50 Baby Bootees to Knit: Packed with Patterns for Litle Bootees and Snuggly Socks for Newborn to Nine Months - this is a hardcover/spiral bound book and I'll trade it for five skeins of yarn to cover shipping.

3. Four issues (issues 9, 10, 11, 12) of Dawn Brocco's Heels and Toes Gazette - Winter 2002 to Fall 2003. Patterns include Striped Fulled Slippers, Christmas Booties, Shetland Lace Socks, Bi-Directional socks, Beaded Faux Cable Anklets, Handspun Cabled Socks for Men, and some Noro Kureyon Harlequin Slippers. I'll trade these four issues for four skeins of yarn. Email me if you're interested.




I've been making another Spontaneous Scarf to spend more time on the floor with Snickerdoodle who isn't feeling well again. He does seem to do better though when I spend a lot of quality time with him.

Here are the colors that came with the Halloween sock kit - I just didn't think the gold was a good color for the pumpkins so I used some orange from the stash.



I can't decide if the Peruvian patterned gloves from the small VK mitten & glove book are going to be spectacular or really gaudy. I have chosen a friend to give them to though. I gave her some top-down gauntlet Anna Zilboorg mittens and she loved them so I figure she'll wear these. There is an error on row 20 of the gauntlet chart - just make the uncolored squares yellow to make the gloves match the photo. Oddly enough I think on the photograph of the glove the sections of blue have been colored over by a magic marker or something. I'm tremendously curious as to what the previous color was.



I purchased three Maureen Mason-Jamieson patterns for hats. Mare did her Shadow hats and Theresa is doing her shadow cardigan and Geane mentioned she took a class with her. I like the way she adds fun new techniques in her patterns. She has a web site HERE and has additional patterns for a shadow knit vest and shawl for sale.



I also ordered three books from Schoolhouse Press including the tiny Latvian mitten book without patterns called Cimdi Duraini. I think I'll be able to just knit from the photographs if something turns me on. I also ordered the Tongue River Farm Sock Collection (I really love A Time to Knit Stockings) and Ted Myatt's Christmas stocking book.



Check out Joanne's blog Keep Talking. She put up a photo tour of the Brown Sheep factory and it is kind of neat to see photos of the place that makes one of my favorite all-purpose lines of yarn - Nature Spun.



I have a few items (knitting books/patterns/newsletters) I'd like to trade for yarn. Tomorrow I'll put the info up on the blog and see if anyone is interested.