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December 14, 2014

Swans Island Côte-Nord Cap and Fingerless Mitts

Cursed Co-worker or Cursed Girlfriend Gift?


Yarn: Swan's Island Natural Colors
Cap Pattern:  Côte-Nord Cap by Amy Christoffers
Free Fingerless Gloves Pattern:  Maize (with modifications)


I knit this gift-set for a co-worker to give to his girlfriend for Christmas. I took no money for the yarn or the time it took to knit; that was my gift to him.  Good Karma, right?




Sadly, I learned she accepted her lovely cap and no gap at the thumb gusset mitts knit in lovely 100% organic wool and then DUMPED him!  I have heard of the sweater curse and I wonder if that curse split and formed a new unforgivable and yet to be identified curse.

Perhaps my co-worker is cursed and not my lovely gift set.  I know this:  I would not want her karma.

Notes:  The Swan's Island Company yarn used for is 100% organic merino.  It knit up with a soft hand and the color “Glacier” is a lovely shade of blue!!! The fabric is light but very warm.  It took less than one skein for the hat.

I had just enough yarn left to knit a simple pair of hand-warmers to go with.  I used a free pattern, Maize but made a few modifications as I knit.

The stitches in the hat and gloves relaxed during a short soak and the cap looked flawless and the mitts near-flawless after they dried.






...Happy Trails....

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