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10.11.2006 :: My hands are so fetching
Fetching. You should make some, I'm serious.
One day, I mentioned to my Yarn P*i*m*p that I might stop at the yarn store on the way home. Not for just any yarn, but some Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran for fetching. Norma, being the yarn p*i*m*p that she is, has some in her stash, willing to hand it over. No yarn store shopping for me, and the next day, yarn arrives on my doorstep. I still don't know how she got it here so fast. She must have drove it down on the pony express herself, I swear!
I cast on Friday night. By Sunday, I had me a pair of Fetching handwarmers. They are comfortable and luxiourious feeling. A wonderful match of yarn and pattern.
Verdict? I love them. You will too. Make them, you won't be sorry!
"So Fetching, do you have any tuna in there?"
Notice the fabulously chic chipped and peeled paint on the porch. Some people strive for that look. Others? Just naturally blessed.
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Flower watch:
The hydrangeas have turned a deeper shade of red(ish) than I have ever seen. I wonder what that means?
Hmm. This pictures says more pink, but it's deeper.
And the mums? Today these opened up to reveal a surprise inside: Yellow!
Love my mums.
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What are you waiting for? Did you order some Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran yet? You could have a pair of handwarmers by Friday!
:)
Posted by Sandy on 10.11.2006 AT 04:42 PM
Comments
Funny, my sister was just asking for something like this recently . . .
Posted by: Theresa on 10.18.2006 AT 06:43 AM
Hi...the mitten knit along sounds fun...can I join? If so how...
Posted by: Gwendolen on 10.17.2006 AT 09:50 AM
Sandy,
I'm doing a story for my newspaper on candy exchanges and saw your 2003 post about the "Great International Candy Exchange."
Would you be willing to talk to me for a story?
Jeff Houck
Food Writer
The Tampa Tribune
(813) 259-7324
Posted by: Jeff Houck on 10.16.2006 AT 01:43 PM
Very nice! Maybe I will make myself a pair -- I wonder if I have something in my stash ...
Posted by: Samantha on 10.15.2006 AT 07:19 PM
They turned out great! Interesting how cats are always looking for tuna in the handknits...
Posted by: Chris on 10.15.2006 AT 02:24 PM
Nice handwarmers. Very pretty.
Love the flowers. So gorgeous.
Posted by: Dorothy B on 10.15.2006 AT 12:06 AM
I can't wait to see you at Rhinebeck. Perhaps I will knit some of those as a message of solidarity.
-Nod.
Posted by: Stephanie on 10.14.2006 AT 02:28 PM
I love those fingerless mitts. I need to make a pair of them. Love the cat and what beautiful flower photos.
Posted by: Alisha on 10.14.2006 AT 11:18 AM
Ok, you have me convinced-I now need to get some yarn. Maybe today. Gorgeous pictures too!
Posted by: Kimberly on 10.14.2006 AT 03:59 AM
I've got a ball of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran sitting in my basket, just waiting to become a pair of Fetchings. Yours are lovely.
Oh, and that chipping floor makes a fine photo op.
Posted by: Kirsten on 10.12.2006 AT 09:22 PM
The flowers and the handwarmers match! Quite lovely, especially the last picture.
Posted by: Laurie on 10.12.2006 AT 07:27 PM
Those handwarmers look great! I wonder if that pattern would work with Malabrigo yarn? Pretty flowers too!
Posted by: Kelly on 10.12.2006 AT 05:25 PM
Love the handwarmers, especially the cables that make sure they stay on the wrist. Good pattern, eh? I'll have to make a pair... uh, after all those socks, that is.
Posted by: MJ on 10.12.2006 AT 03:52 PM
Cashmerino Aran, you say? Hey, don't I have some of that in my stash? I do, I do! And now I know what to do with it. :-)
The hydrangea thing is about the acidity of the soil, right? If not acidity, some other quality of the soil. I think some people amend the soil around the plant in order to change the color of the flowers. (Though yours is beautiful--no need to change it!)
Posted by: Beth S. on 10.12.2006 AT 03:13 PM
don't the colors change according to the acidity of the soil?
Posted by: minnie on 10.12.2006 AT 01:05 PM
How did ya know I was gonna order DB Cashmerino? Really nice and the flowers too.
Posted by: Carol on 10.12.2006 AT 11:44 AM
All right, that settles it...I'm making those! Yours are so cute. What yarn did you use? I also had better get my sorry ass outside to take some photos before we dont' have any flowers left! Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: LeAnne on 10.12.2006 AT 10:58 AM
Printed the pattern, have the yarn. Onward!
Posted by: Julie on 10.12.2006 AT 10:57 AM
I love the Fetchings :). The hydrangeas are my favorite plants, they remind me of my Grandma in Mexico.
Posted by: Isela on 10.12.2006 AT 10:14 AM
You know that I love your house. LOVE IT.
I've made one of the fetching handwarmers, and really messed up the thumb. Did you have any problems? Probably not, you super-knitter, you!
xoxo
Posted by: Kim on 10.12.2006 AT 08:07 AM
Oh your Fetching handwarmers are, of course, fetching! How sweet of Norma to send you the yarn. I have had Fetching on my to do list but now they must move higher to the top.
Posted by: Karen on 10.12.2006 AT 06:43 AM
hmmm i think we have some cashmerino at the store. i wanted to make those out of stash yarn, but who am i to argue if cashmerino is best.
Posted by: maryse on 10.12.2006 AT 06:23 AM
Perfect! Please bring them so that I can pet them :-) I am knitting mine from handspun and they are not nearly as soft -- actually soft of still.
Posted by: Kathy on 10.12.2006 AT 06:09 AM
I've got some Debbie Bliss cash-something around here... Anyone ever tell you that you'd be good in sales? ; )
Posted by: Vicki on 10.12.2006 AT 12:12 AM
Very fetching- bet you're bringing them to Rhinebeck ;-) OMG 9 more days!
Posted by: Manise on 10.11.2006 AT 11:33 PM
I have some Cashmerino around here!
Love the flower shots!
Posted by: Leah on 10.11.2006 AT 08:49 PM
Ooh, I have a lonely ball of Cashmerino aran around here someplace.
Posted by: Donna on 10.11.2006 AT 08:38 PM
Fetching was such and fun knit, I want to make more. Beautiful flower pictures. The colors are such a lift:)
Posted by: Barb on 10.11.2006 AT 08:02 PM
Oh and I just LOVE the color of the hydrangea especially if it is...
...
...
deeper.
Posted by: margene on 10.11.2006 AT 07:28 PM
Norma is the best! They look so, so comfy and warm. Will we need them at Rhinebeck, do you think?
Posted by: margene on 10.11.2006 AT 07:23 PM
Love! Jealous! Beautiful!
That Norma is just that good.
Posted by: Cookie on 10.11.2006 AT 07:15 PM
Yay, they really ARE fetching.
What that pink color on your hydrangeas means? Nice sweet soil....lime. I have to add lime to mine to get them to pink up a bit. Have you added any lime to your soil? Limestone on your driveway, anything like that? Just curious.
Love,
Your Yarn P*im*P
When I speak, the USPS listens.
Posted by: Norma on 10.11.2006 AT 06:43 PM
I did not order the yarn because I'm going to use my own handspun. :-p
Posted by: Carole on 10.11.2006 AT 06:17 PM
Deliciously fetching Fetchings!
Posted by: Rachel H on 10.11.2006 AT 06:02 PM
Those are cute! I want to make some for myself too, but I'm torn on the yarn - Cashmerino is out! (I am debating whether I'm really allergic to wool, but I KNOW I'm allergic to cashmere and mohair! Sneeze city.)
Posted by: Carrie on 10.11.2006 AT 05:49 PM
Purty mitts and flowers. I have no Cashmerino in stash, and haven't broken down yet, but I got Advika mittens, almost! I can get yarn in one day from the Knitting Zone, but I gotta pay for it!
Posted by: Paula on 10.11.2006 AT 05:47 PM
Your Fetching look great! I just finished my second pair - I really like this pattern, since it`s so easy and quick to knit and looks so nice. Also, lovely kitty!
And I adore hydrangeas. Yours are so so beautiful.
Posted by: Päivä on 10.18.2006 AT 12:07 PM