I made these mitts a number of years ago and they have served me well.
But now I want to see how fleece material translates into hand warmers.
There wasn't enough of the fleece left with which I had made a hat the other day. Darn.
This cashmere scarf was the colour I wanted so decided to use it. It's from a time, quite awhile ago, when cashmere sweaters and scarves were plentiful at church sales.
I traced my hand, cut out the pattern, planned to wear the mitts on my errand jaunt to the Village. Dum de dum dum.
Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
The cashmere does not stretch like fleece material does. Once I had sewn first mitten, even before turning it right-side out, I could see that the wrist opening would not fit over my hand. Which is sort of essential to putting on a mitten. It would go on when I cut off the wrist part. But felt too snug. Humph!
I may be able to redeem this pair somehow but for the moment am deciding simply to start over again with fleece material – the leftover from the hat used as one side of each mitten; some other colour fleece used for the back. But not now. Village awaits.