I keep forgetting to tell you about my current knitting. Monday I finished a pair of legwarmers in Charisma. They are very warm indeed, and very colorful! I’m quite happy with these. I got more than enough yarn so I was pleased when someone told me today that they had seen some beautiful felted/fulled slippers from this yarn. It’s a New Zealand 10 ply, which feels like a heavy worsted to me. A bag or slippers might be very nice out of this lovely stuff!

Also I’ve been complaining about cold feet, so luckily this morning I finished the bulky alpaca house sox. I made them on size 10 needles, just slightly too big a needle for the yarn… and I made them about an inch too long and only slightly too wide. I used the peasant/afterthought heel and it was plenty roomy, as well. I thought I might shrink them down just a little, not as much as the Fuzzy Feet.

I got impatient and threw them in a load of laundry today just about as soon as I finished knitting. I didn’t take pictures of “before” at all. They got slightly matted but didn’t shrink too much at first (in the machine), so I took them out of the wash and womanhandled them until they seemed about right. I shaped them on my bare feet and then left them to dry on a heat register. They felt reeeeally warm when I tried them on before washing. I just hope these will solve my sadness over winter.

A friend says I need to move around more so I won’t have cold feet, or at least I won’t notice. I did dance last night for three hours, but our dance room was significantly colder than 70 degrees, and we dance barefoot! Even dancing, my feet were cold. Thank goodness for wool legwarmers or I would have been in trouble for sure.

Late breaking news: Pictures added of the finished objects! (March 6, Midnight)

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