So two finishes to show today. I'm amazed I rallied to do this. Ezia Gladstone of New York Dreamer had a very cool reindeer design in the 2015 JCS ornament issue. I didn't plan to stitch it since part of its coolness was due to the hand-dyed threads needed and I wasn't up to mail ordering those just for the purpose. Then I saw a finish of it on a FB group that looked quite different from the one in the magazine. I'm not sure whether the stitcher changed colors or not, but I got inspired to pick my own colors for another look. I stitched it over-one on 30 ct Northern Cross natural linen. This is a very stiff linen, almost akin to needlepoint canvas. I didn't really mind that, but it was unexpected. The major change was to a darker gray for the reindeer's body. I went for a flatfold finish.. good companion to the two little Bambi's in my previous post. Again, I did the 3-color braid for the trim. This will make a cute little gift as well...somewhat non-traditional colors (DMC 3787, 738, 4140 , 938 for the highlight on the scarf and 815 or 816 for the nose).
I had bought a ball of Paton's Jade Classic Wool last year to knit a couple of pairs of fingerless gloves, but I never got around to doing that project. Something made me pick it up recently and I did a really quick and easy pattern called
Wabi Mitts. The link will take you to the free pattern on Ravelry. The interesting thing was the thumb gusset done in reverse stockinette. I had a little trouble with the odd instructions for the thumb, but these are for me so no problem. I wanted a pair that fit and didn't have long cuffs for indoor wear. I think I reached my objective. These are really more of blue-green than the way they look on my monitor.
