{"id":1048,"date":"2017-01-12T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2017-01-10T12:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:54:03","slug":"fos-scold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"FOs: ‘Scold"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently went through my knitted accessories and did a serious cull — Wardrobe Architect Style. I pulled a bunch of things I don’t wear because a) the color just isn’t me, b) the item doesn’t function the way I want it to, and c) it didn’t fit right. As a result, there is a largish bag of things I’ve knitted sitting next to me right now that I intend to put up on Etsy… soonish.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry. I’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, this cull left some holes in my arsenal of very-cold-weather woollies. So clearly something had to be done. One of the ladies I teach wanted to knit her husband a pair of mittens for the holidays, and in looking through patterns with her, we came across the Cruiser Mittens<\/a>. After one session of working on them with her, I was hooked and had to make my own. In the recommended Road to China yarn, they would be gloriously soft and cozy. But I wanted some mittens I could wear while biking in the heart of winter. Basically, I wanted them out of cast-iron, and that’s pretty much what I made:<\/p>\n

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Including the color. My Cruisers, knit in Brooklyn Tweed Quarry, color Hematite. This yarn is considered an aran\/bulky weight, so knitting it on US 7 needles yielded a\u00a0very<\/em> stiff fabric that blocks the wind like nobody’s business. I can bike in these and barely feel it. And they’re roomy enough that when it gets seriously cold and I’m still crazy enough to ride, I can slip them on over some thin gloves and have a little more protection. The only bummer is that they take up a lot of room in my pockets, so much so that right after I finished them they pushed my keys out and I had a very exciting day of dealing with lost keys that culminated in the Best Husband Ever\u2122 meeting Guy Who Found Keys at a bar to retrieve them for me. Luckily my coat pockets zip, a feature I have been making use of lately.<\/p>\n

The other big hole in the wardrobe is something I’ve wanted for awhile… a hat\/scarf COMBO! One piece of knitting that does double-duty means less things to take off and stow when you get inside. I’d tried this one<\/a> several years ago, and it didn’t work out too well. The hood was too loose to effectively warm my ears, especially on windy days. I’d queued Loxley by Stephen West<\/a> forever ago as a viable alternative, and had even stashed some appropriate yarn (Madelinetosh Merino in Cloak) to make it back when I was still working at Annie’s. With the new space for things after the cull, it seemed like the right time:<\/p>\n

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IT’S AWESOME. The short rows keep the hood section close to my head, so even the windiest winds don’t freeze my ears off (especially if I put my coat’s hood up to hold it down even more), and the scarf ends are long and thick. It’s wonderful for wearing to places where I don’t want my hair to arrive looking smushed, and I can push it back when I’m on the train or indoors so I don’t overheat. The only trial it hasn’t faced yet is le bike, and that’s only because I’m not certain my helmet will fit over it (and besides, I have the creepy balaclava if it’s really super cold).<\/p>\n

So far, these two items have been my winter weather staples. While I have plans for some more mittens and maybe another cowl and hat before the weather turns, I think these will do the trick for everyday wear for a long while to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently went through my knitted accessories and did a serious cull — Wardrobe Architect Style. I pulled a bunch of things I don’t wear because a) the color just isn’t me, b) the item doesn’t function the way I want it to, and c) it didn’t fit right. As a result, there is a largish bag of things I’ve knitted sitting next to me right now that I intend.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[74,60,19,75],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-accessories","tag-brooklyn-general","tag-finished-objects","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}