Recycled Sari Silk Mittens
Finished
February 6, 2015
February 11, 2015

Recycled Sari Silk Mittens

Project info
Recycled Sari Silk Mittens by Odessa Reichel
Knitting
HandsMittens
Meredith
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
Darn Good Yarn Recycled Silk Worsted Weight Wild Peacock
none left in stash
2 skeins = 170.0 yards (155.4 meters), 200 grams
Red-orange
Darn Good Yarn
January 30, 2015
Notes

These mittens were an adventure to knit!

The yarn is considered second-quality yarn, and is recommended for bags and the like, not for garments you’d have against your skin. To heck with that, I knitted mittens anyway.

The yarn had several knots in it, and I cut them out when I encountered them. I just knitted two strands together for a few knits to join in after the cut, and it worked fine.

In order to get the pair of mittens, I ended up knitting 4 mittens in total. The first mitten, I knitted on US7 and it ended up being too small. So I ripped it out and knitted it on US8. Perfect fit. I knitted the 2nd mitten (from a 2nd ball) on US8 and it was too small. So I ripped it out and knitted it on US9 and it fit fine. In the end, that wasn’t a big deal since the mittens knit up pretty quickly.

Knitting on Marblz needles instead of Cubics was definitely easier for this yarn.

I was honored that Darn Good Yarn featured my FO on their FB page, Instagram, and in their email newsletter. Tammy put it on the Marly Bird page, too. Very cool. :)

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by Darn Good Yarn
Aran
100% Silk
84 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: February 6, 2015
  • Finished: February 12, 2015
  • Updated: April 9, 2015
  • Progress updates: 2 updates