Thrummed warmth…

Original thrummed set (Mitts and headband)

 

I’ve been on a knitting kick in prep for the holidays and got side tracked by a thrummed set that burst into my head to try for my daughter-in-law (the sweetest young lady EVER!) I dug out a wool roving to make the thrums with and a cool vintage yarn and started building them with the magic sticks and the incantation of a pattern and voila, I had a set of thrummed mitts!

Then SAD, they are too big for her!

Not to worry, I finished a thrummed headband to go with the mitts and set off to make a slightly smaller pair for DiL and offered the first set for sale.

Little did I know that this would set off a flurry requests for pattern links so that others could make their own and one lovely lady showed interest in my set. Alas, she was sad to hear that the thrums are a slightly rougher wool than she felt she could manage without breaking into hives. Solution, make her a new set with softer thrums… perhaps alpaca? That is doable!

So yarn and roving are set aside for a set for her, I will start them as soon as I am done the current set for DiL.

Then a request, if she sends me some roving and handspun yarn, would I knit up sets for her MiL and Mom too..?? Oh gosh, what have I got myself into… I will certainly try!!

So I have yarn and roving on it’s way for two custom sets and I have the materials for the other set here… I’m going to be a busy (and happily knitting) beaver for the next month it seems!

LOL! It never rains, yet it pours….

 

PS!  This set is still looking for a new home.  The yarn is a 70% wool/30 % mohair blend and the thrums are 100% wool.