So Sew Word of the Week: ORANGE

Sandy’s Project • Krista’s Project • So Sew Flickr Group

Since it snowed for the first time of the season earlier this week, I thought I'd make some mittens for Penelope. We've had terrible luck with mittens for the Nels. They're either too bulky for me to squeeze her hands into, or they're not warm enough. I need a pair that are easy to put on AND keep her hands warm.

On a whim I went to D.I. to see if I could find any sweaters that would work for felting. Amazingly, I found a 100% orange cashmere sweater for $3! Can you believe it? I was so thrilled. Oh my goodness this sweater is incredibly soft. If it weren't for the disgusting 90s shape of the sweater and my enormous belly, I think I would've kept it for my own. Instead, I machine felted it (twice) and sort of made up a pattern for some Penelope mittens!

Sadly, Penelope hates them. They're just right in the thumbs, but not in the fingers. I may try to make them a tad smaller to see if that fixes the problem, but Penelope just may be an anti-glove wearing gal. Who knows. I do know she appreciated how soft they were, just not while they were on her hands. Oh well. I tried. Here are some resources I used for felting & making up my own pattern:

Machine Felting Tutorial • Fleece Mittens for Kids • Making Mittens from a Sweater

Did you make something this week inspired by the word ORANGE? Please share! Add it to the So Sew flickr page.