Cold Weather is Coming!

I always procrastinate on important projects until winter is here then try to get everything done in a few days. Some day I will learn! I promised James a pair of glittens last winter and I finally started knitting them about a week and a half ago. I finished one and then we had a cold snap reminding me I needed a pair of slippers. I crocheted myself a pair last year but the dog decided he did not have enough fiber in his diet so he ate one of them. So the second glitten I started was put aside so I could knit some slippers for myself. My logic was that I don't function with cold feet and they only take a couple evenings to make so off to the store I went.

I picked up a skein of Fisherman's wool at Hobby Lobby and with a 40% off coupon will be able to make a pair of slippers for myself and maybe a pair for Colton. If Colton decides he needs a pair he can pick a flavor of Kool-aid and then I will dye the yarn with it so we can tell our slippers apart. (I can't believe the kid wears a size 9 mens shoe now!) The total price of the yarn was just over $6 and I can get 2 pairs of slippers and a pair of fingerless mitts out of it; not bad!

The pattern I chose was a simple one and it called for large knitting needles so the stitches would be huge. The slipper itself was gigantic and easily could have been a sweater for Colton. The reasoning behind it was that it would end up in hot water having the crap agitated out of it in the washer. Why would anyone in their right mind do this to wool you may ask? I had to felt it to make it a solid piece of material. Felting is the term when you accidently throw that $100 pure wool sweater in the washer with hot water and then throw it in the dryer on high heat. It makes a nice soft sweater turn into a small mini sweater that is thick and solid right?

Anyway, my slippers are knit and last night I felted them. I let them air dry so this morning they are still damp but they turned out great and fit wonderfully. Now I can get back to that half done second glitten so James can have warm hands when he is outside!