Tweedling My Thumbs in a Fetching Manner

Adapted from an earlier post on my own blog. Here are the finished brown Felted Tweed socks, which have been worn twice and are felting beautifully on the soles. Alpaca on my feet = one of the great wonders of the world.



My first pair of "Fetching" whipped up in no time at all from the leftovers. It was deliciously chilly on that Thursday morning, so I wore the gloves and the socks to work with my long brown silk ruffly skirt and a store-bought sweater in brown and cream marled cotton yarn that I bought at Burlington Coat Factory 7 or 8 years ago. I was tweeded pretty much to the gills!

I can't take a picture of the gloves, because the day before I began cobbling this post together [back on the 20th of October], I gave them to a friend for her daughter to wear in marching band. You can't play the flute with frozen fingers.

The alpaca felt *wonderful* on my hands. An experience I definitely want to repeat. And I certainly have plenty left; enough for one glove and quite possibly for both. Postscript: I picked up another ball on Monday, just in case.

I will probably cast on around the end of next week, as I am scurring to the finish line on my Red Sweater KAL, which I want to wear tomorrow night.