I still want to knit some more cuff.
The Girls have lovely little coats, but the sleeves of the coats
don't have knit cuffs inside (which can be a pain to get little hand
through, but do act as blocks to drafts). So ideally the mittens
should have deep cuffs, long enough to fold back.
I have about 2 inches now, and need at
least another half inch, if not a full one. One sock has the cuff
folded back, and it is still to short for my liking. So there isn't
much left to do—just an inch of cuff, and the thumbs.
The little flash of yellow is some
waste yarn marking the thumb position. I'll undo the waste yarn to
start the thumbs The thumbs will be short and fast to knit. Partly
because baby thumbs are so tiny, they are worked in stocking knit –a
faster stitch than 2 by 2 ribbing, and finally, because the mittens
are little puff balls, the thumbs will be just a few rounds of work.
The mittens look like flat round lollipops, but aren't-- they are
little puff balls—with plenty of room for the girls to ball up
their fists-- and even grab things (without putting their thumbs int
the thumb hole).
After these are done, a pair of
slippers—that I am not going to swatch--(living dangerously!) even
thought I plan to felt the slippers (and don't have a clear idea how
much they will shrink up, when I do!)
I am going for a larger size, thinking
too big is better than too small. And I'll see how it goes..After
the first pair, there will be a second.. and maybe a third or
fourth—and maybe even one for me!
I'll need a small tube of silicon
caulking to make the bottoms non slip... but I think even the local
drug store stocks that!
