At school this past fall, I participated in a public interest auction for the Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale. I auctioned off two custom hand-knit items: a scarf, mittens and/or hat. I was very excited that a few people bid on the items and the winner was a great person, Kara, who I had not previously met. Kara actually knew exactly what she wanted knit — she already had found patterns on the internet! So that made my job much easier because all we had to do was go yarn shopping. We ended up going to the Janet Kemp Fine Yarns and Needlework in Stratford, CT — a great small shop that I highly recommend.
The first item I made Kara is this pair of fingerless mitts, based on a pair worn by Rose, one of the main characters in the new BBC version of Doctor Who. I got the pattern from Christina Slattery’s website at: http://www.christinaslattery.com/rosepattern.pdf. The project turned out really well:
I used about 1 1/4 balls of Plymouth Baby Alpaca DK on size 5 dpns.
I hope Kara enjoys them when she gets them!
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