I hate having cold hands! One thing that always freezes my fingers to the point that I could cry is scarping the ice off my cars windows.. so I decided to felt an ice-scraper mitt; a thumbless mitten with the handle of the ice-scraper going through to the inside where you hold it and keep warm. I didnt take process pics, but made 2 at once by using a double resist which I cut in half part way through felting.. giving me 2 scraper mitts
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| I cut a slit at the end & 'healed' the edge as I was felting.. this is where the scraper goes |
I decided to give these to my aunties for Christmas.. hope they liked them (I havent seen them yet) They should be good for ice-scraping as they wont get wet.
Now I needed to make for myself. Oraigionally I planned to make a thumbless mitt, but I have I've always fancied a pair felted mittens that I can wear out and about.. last time I tried it turned out like a felt boxing glove lol (I'd used way too many layers!). Also I wanted the thumb to be positioned slightly to the front rather than at the side.. Gary solved this for me very simply, he pointed out that I can turn it slightly as Im working the felt so the thumb is where I want it.
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| covering the double resist with nice golden orange merino |
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| I used 3 layers.. so it would be thick and warm, but still flexible |
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On the 2nd and 3rd layers I added blue for the hands
keeping the orange clear for the wrists |
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For surface decoration I used a pink and yellow silk cap that I dyed a while back
and some pretty variegated finger roving brought back from Wonderwool Wales |
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| Wetted and rolled, just about to cut them apart |
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| healing the edges |
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| After working the left mitt look at how much it shrunk after it came off the resist |
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| Finished front and back |
Generally I am really happy with these.. I shall tweak the resist next time to make the finger area slightly narrower. When I made these I didnt want them to restrict my fingers, but I think there is just a little too much room there. I may wet them and work the fingers a bit more yet.
Safe to say there will be more mitten making in the future :)
10 comments:
Hahaha...we are always going back and forth, creatively, aren't we Deborah??
...and the orange...be still my heart!
I really like the shape of your thumb. I will have to get a closer look at your resist sometime! The embellishment is very pretty, too.
Yes...Edward Gorey is amazing, isn't he?
...and the Felt exhibit was on a perfect Fall day that year, so we couldn't have taken prettier 'outdoors' photos if we tried! :) XXO--
Love the color combination, orange, blue and the silk cap.
Inspired, I love the scraper mitt. I don't have the patience for wet felting mittens, too fiddly around the thumb.
The shape may not be to your satisfaction but the color is béeautiful!!! hugzz...peebee
Thanks Peebee, Charlotte, Terrie & Heather :D My hands were lovely and warm scraping the thick ice off the car this morning :) x
Heather I shall have to rummage and find the resist again - I put it away before Christmas... where I have no idea! I can see us tip swaping.. my thumbs for your cuffs he-he
Charlotte glad you are inspired :) Have to say though when I actually set to making the mittens the thumbs were nowhere near as fiddly as I thought they might be.
I always love to see how much the felt will shrink ;o))
The colors are beuatifull!
Thanks Cash en Els :)
I know what you mean about the shrinkage.. I love to see before & after.
Its funny how you get used to working with shrinkage, I used to really puzzle over it - now I just get on with it (you watch I`ll have a shrinkage disaster now lol)
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Lieben Dank für den Kommentar,
deine Filzlinge sehen super warm aus, orange benutze ich viel zu selten, schöner Verlauf....
LG Jana
They turned out Beautifully Deborah, i love the colors and the placement of the thumb, I havent tried mittens but i was always thinking that the thumb would be in the wrong place on a resist. Yours are excellent :) xo
what a great idea :) i've never tried mittens before either but now i'm inspired!
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