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FO Friday: Mittens & Yoga Socks

Happy FO Friday! I finished my finito mittens for Malabrigo March and have been wearing them all week! They are so soft and warm, and it was surprisingly easy to convert the Waiting for Spring fingerless mitt pattern to mittens (and I still only used one skein of Finito!).
I also made some yoga socks over the weekend - these have been in my queue for quite some time, and I can't believe I waited so long to make them. The pattern is from one of my favorite books, Knitted Socks East and West by the late Judy Sumner. I used the Obi pattern with just a few minor modifications to whip these up! They were a great way to destash some mystery yarn, too; I'm 98% certain this was a skein of alpaca yarn from Blue Sky, but of course the label is long gone. I split the skein by weight and used the whole thing up, save a few yards. I'm excited to test them out; it's been way too long since I've dusted off the yoga mat, in part because our living room is a bit drafty in the wintertime. I'm hoping that this will inspire me to be more active!
Unfortunately, I didn't quite finish assembling my moose for today's post, but I'll definitely be finishing it up over this weekend so that I can share it next Friday.

Celebrate FO Friday by checking out more posts over on the Tami's Amis blog!

Have a crafty weekend!
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  1. KarenMarch 15, 2013 at 9:18 AM

    Your mittens and socks are fantastic!

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  2. UnknownMarch 15, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    I love those yoga socks; I've been meaning to knit some for a while!

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    1. Handmade by StefanieMarch 15, 2013 at 12:26 PM

      Thanks, I'm totally loving them - and they were such a quick knit!

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  3. JazzMarch 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM

    Love the socks! I'm thinking they wuold be useful for pilates too.

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    1. Handmade by StefanieMarch 16, 2013 at 3:33 PM

      Most definitely! That's another thing I could benefit from trying.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 29, 2018 at 1:45 PM

    I enjoyed testing these socks thoroughly because I had been looking for something like this during my yoga routines. I enjoy being barefoot, but sometimes yoga studios' floors can be really nasty so these are certainly my official yoga class socks! custom yoga socks

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