Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Starstrucked Hands

As much as I disliked the yarn I wanted to finish my mittens. I started knitting them before I knew about heavy bleeding from the yarn.

I do not give up easily so when I found half a mitten on the bottom of my project basket I decided to finish them.

I have actually made the pattern my self. Well, not the stars. They are from the estonian book Kiri Kari.

I knitted a scarf with the same pattern and wanted a pair of mittens to go with it.

So far so good. I took out some graph paper and made up the pattern by writing a million x´es.... I have not had any success with excel, I find it awkward to use.

Well, anyway I manage to knit my mittens from my chart.

They are a bit too long but fine to use. I washed them with color catcher. The reds were bleeding a lot but the mittens were still useable.

The other day I lost them in the wet snow and they got soaked. The result was a lot of bleeding from all the red colors.

So, I learned this: Never use Drops delight again, never knit mittens from bleeding yarn, and never doubt a winning team (proper wool yarn).

But hey, they look good in the photos at least. And appearance is supposed to be everything that matters.... Or not... LOL!!

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance
Aristotle

The Stitch Story
Yarn: Drops delight, Pt Panda
Needles: 2.5mm
Pattern: Improvised
My Ravelry Page: Starry Mittens
Read more about this scarf here.

Lagt inn av Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone kl. 08:56
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34 comments:

  1. coffeeaddict6 February 2013 at 09:10

    It annoys me to see crafts supplies aren't what they used to be, especially if we put so much thought and effort into our creations to have it then pile, shrink/strech out, bleed colour, etc.
    your scarf and mitts look so lovely and something I'd wear in an instant, just perfect for a walk in the snow and a snowball fight! (minus the colour bleed)

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone6 February 2013 at 15:52

      Thank you so much - yes, I get really frustrated when companies makes a lot of money on bad quality!!!

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  2. BrittB6 February 2013 at 09:28

    Åhh, både skjerfet og vottene er nydelig!!! Synd at garnet ikke holdt samme kvalitet! Jeg ser at du er flink til å konsentrere deg om kompliserte mønstre, det er ikke jeg! ;-)

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone6 February 2013 at 15:53

      Tusen takk Britt - tror det bare er trening også... og så liker jeg det så godt!!

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  3. Siv6 February 2013 at 11:59

    Herlighet, så fint dette settet var!! :o)

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  4. Gitte6 February 2013 at 12:41

    ærgerligt med det garn,jeg har kun haft brugt det hyggestrømpe projekter,så der opdages ikke den trælse afsmitning-øv med øv på,de er ellers så fine dine vanter.Jeg har et program som hedder Macstitch hvor jeg laver diagrammer i,jeg kan heller ikke forenes med excel,Macstitch kan også bruges til broderier,hvor man får nr på det garn som skulle passe i farver,kan en hel masse mere,men det har jeg ikke vovet min computer-analfabetiske hjerne ud i endnu :))

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone6 February 2013 at 15:54

      Tusind tak Gitte. Det program står på min ønskeseddel. Tror jeg skal prøve det!!

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  5. Crissi6 February 2013 at 13:04

    Fantastic work!
    Crissi

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  6. Lisbeths Verden6 February 2013 at 13:06

    Dette var et nydelig sett :)

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  7. GNIST by Gitte Bettina Lauridsen6 February 2013 at 15:22

    Kjempefint sett med votter og skjerf til å bli glad av. Dette ville jeg brukt hele tiden og håpet at det aldri ville bli vår...

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone6 February 2013 at 15:55

      Tusen takk Gitte!! Ja, ser ut til at vinteren skal vare en stund til. Og så passer det jo også å være frysepinne.... He he!!

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  8. Desirée6 February 2013 at 18:56

    De ble vakre, og passet perfekt til resten! Jeg har heklet teppe i samme garn, blir nok ikke å bruke det garnet flere ganger jeg heller. Synes det er litt for kløete. Panda derimot er kjempebra garn :)

    Superfin onsdagskveld ønskes deg!

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone7 February 2013 at 08:12

      Tusen takk Desirée!! Enig med deg. Panda er helt topp, men delight blir ikke mykt av vask. Litt syntetisk liksom..

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  9. vicarno's mama6 February 2013 at 20:07

    So beautiful!!! And the yarn, that is absolutely horrible... (I live in Belgium, and I understand that almost all the yarn shops that sell Drops Yarns stop selling Drops. For several reasons, but this will be one of them I think...

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  10. torirot6 February 2013 at 20:07

    Flotte stjerner! Bra jobba igjen :-)

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  11. Monstermønster6 February 2013 at 21:16

    Drops har salg på garnet i februar, om du vil skynde deg og hamstre mer , hehe...

    Spøk til side, utrolig kjipt når det blør farge! Særlig etter så mye jobb og flott resultat!

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone7 February 2013 at 08:14

      Tusen takk Merete. Ja, det skal jeg vurdere - or not!!!!!!!! He he!!

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  12. Craftymoose Crafts7 February 2013 at 00:57

    It's sad that after all that work the yarn bleeds. Still, they turned out beautiful, and I am glad they can still be used and enjoyed.

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  13. Magic Love Crow7 February 2013 at 23:53

    I think they look amazing!!!! Isn't there anything you can do, to set the color from bleeding? I thought if you put salt in the water, that it would stop? Or am I wrong? LOL! Big Hugs Lone ;o)

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone10 February 2013 at 22:07

      Thank you Stacy - every thing has been tried. Only thing to do is to stop using the yarn.... Hope you are fine in the storm!!

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  14. ANNEPÅLANDET9 February 2013 at 18:44

    Flotte votter!!! (Og skjerfet også såklart!)
    Jeg liker sånne "doble" mønster - med både argyle og stjerner.
    Men Drops Delight - det skal jeg nok ikke prøve. Fint å være advart!
    Og god søndag!

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  15. Helle10 February 2013 at 19:32

    Jeg lurer på om du har nevnt noe om Drops delight tidligere og at fargen nettopp blør. Noe så utrolig ergerlig! For både vottene og skjerfet ble jo så flott, og med tanke på alt arbeidet som ligger bak - super ergerlig!

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    1. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone10 February 2013 at 22:08

      Jo da, det stemmer Helle. Takk skal du ha!!!! Ja, liker fargene veldig godt så det er kjipt med dårlig kvalitet..

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    2. Anonymous16 February 2013 at 10:35

      Hei. Eg har ikkje blogg sjøl, men hadde så lyst å sende ei helsing likevel. Eg er frå meg av beundring over ditt arbeid, og synes du er kjempeflink! Du er jo en kunstner :-) gleda meg til å følge deg vidare på superfine prosjekt :-)
      Klem fra Sarah

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    3. Flowermouse Design ❀ Lone16 February 2013 at 11:20

      Tusen takk Sarah!!! Så hyggelig å høre at du liker bloggen min!!! Og for et kompliment - nå ble jeg veldig glad!!!! God helg til deg!!

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  16. Anonymous28 February 2013 at 13:41

    They are very beautifull, I love the scarf. Maybe one day I will knit the scarf.

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