Felted Fuzzy Feet for SAM2

Fuzzy Feet from Knitty Winter 2002

Patons SWS in Natural Denim, 2 skeins

6.5mm circs and dpns

started November 15

finished and felted November 16

no changes other than the needle size

Finally I've finished something for one of the KALs I'm in for this month. I made this pair of felted fuzzy feet a la Aija. The stripes were supposed to match, but the second ball had 5 or 6 knots in it, which resulted in the striping not being the same. I like the bottom one/right one the best. That was the first one with no knots. Those knots really irked me a lot. The yarn was quite nice to work with. We've had it in the store for a bit now, but we haven't sold much of it. We had two people say they couldn't use it because it kept breaking on them. Aija commented in her post that she couldn't rip it with her hands, and I must say I was the same. There was one spot at the very start of the first skein that was kind of funky, and I could pull that apart, almost like roving. But the rest -- I started this outside and forgot my scissors. I thought I'd just pull it apart. Yeah. This stuff would have cut into my hand before I could have pulled it apart. The way it's made is thick, thin, thick, poofy, thin.... Must just be the poofy parts that tear easily. It also felts super well. I actually overfelted mine. I didn't want them as small as when they turned out. (Made the mistake of starting the felting process during one of the shows I watch every week. Didn't keep an eye on the machine like I should have.) I wear size 8, and these are really snug. I'd say they'd be better suited to ladies size 5-7. I also had to take the scissors to mine afterwards. They were super hairy. Too hairy. Looked much nicer after a "shave".

Make sure you all pop over to Aija's and see her completed Lizard Ridge afghan. Simply gorgeous!

The aran sweater was picked up Thursday. She loved it. Everyone at the store was kinda miffed cuz I was supposed to take it in yesterday for them to see it. All they saw was the picture from the last post. I told the lady to send her husband in after Christmas wearing it so they can see it.

It's been absolutely gorgeous here lately. Today and yesterday temperatures were close to 20C. Hard to believe it's November. Tomorrow, though, temps are to drop by about 10 degrees. That sucks, but I guess winter has to start sometime. All this nice weather means lots of outdoor play. The Littlest One doesn't travel very far without his kitty (simply named Kitty). He used to be white, but he's gotten very grungy. He used to meow when squeezed in the right spot in the belly, but now he doesn't. I offered to wash him, but was told, "No, I like him grungy."

Happy knitting!

Don't ask my why Blogger won't keep my paragraph spacing lately. That irks me as much as the knots in the SWS!