Twisp of Fate

I finished off the rug warp last week, starting with this custom order 6-1/2 ft runner.  My friends wanted this material in particular, a classic Hudson’s Bay blanket colorway.  Pendleton calls it the Glacier National Park Blanket.  I kept calling the mill outlet store near Portland until they finally got some of the fringed material in from the mill, and then had it sent up to me.

I still had some warp left, so wove this little mat for the “water closet” in our upstairs bathroom (the toilet is in its own little room):

and I still had some warp left, so decided to “go for it” and make another small rug using some dark blue fringed material alternated with bright red “worms”.  It was a struggle getting a good shed at the end, but I had very little warp left when done, which is a good thing.

On the knitting front, I finished a pair of the Flamingo Mittens by SpillyJane Knits.  I first saw these on Carol Sunday’s website, or rather the e-newsletter I subscribe to from her.  The website is Sunday Knits.  She has a line of scrumptious yarn sourced from Italy and dyed to her specifications, and is a prolific knitwear designer.  I had a skein of her Nirvana (92% merino, 8% cashmere) in the Cedar color, and rummaged around in the yarn boxes until I found a good flamingo pink in Yorkshire Tweed 4-ply.

These are too small for my hands at an 8″ circumference, but that’s OK since I made them for a friend of mine anyway.  But if I make another pair of SpillyJane’s mittens for me, I will add another 10 sts or 1 inch in circumference.