Hand knits for Fall & Winter 2017 at socksandmittens

I know summer is just starting but it is always cold somewhere! Besides, it is never too early to start on Christmas shopping :)

We spend our spring working on new assortments of hand knit product for the coming Fall and Winter. There are so many pretty colors and cool yarns! I just wish we would have more time to work even harder. Hand knitting takes a long time but it's totally worth it!

Let me show you some of our new warm items for ladies for the coming season. We are working on assortment for men so more items will come!

Fingerless gloves:

 

Arm warmers:

 

Multi color cowls:

 

Socks:

 

 

See more at socksandmittens shop on Etsy!

18 days till Christmas!

It's just 18 days till Christmas but there is still time to shop online for great handmade product perfect for gift giving!

We have very busy holiday season and lots of sales but we still have some good things left!

You can find different items: gifts under $10, gifts under $20, gifts under $35 and more, for men and women.

Please visit our socksandmittens shop to see the selection of warm gloves, mittens, scarves, socks and cup cozies!

Irish knits and St. Patricks Day

I love St. Patricks Day and I always start to think of it in the middle of winter. It is my way to wait for spring. I am taking lots of Irish inspired photos and going through Celtic knot images. Isn't it fun to learn their meaning?

Last winter I had many customers contacted me with request for a slouchy socks and aran knits. So, to answer these and also make my tribute to St. Patricks Day, I added some new items to my shop. There are some long socks in traditional off white color and also new fingerless gloves in oatmeal and gray shades.

The patterns I used for these were a combination of diamonds and cables. Not the easiest ones but so pretty.

Did you know that every cable pattern had a meaning on the Aran Islands? Like with many other folkloric designs, it reflected a people's daily lives or activities. There is much more behind every knit aran pattern then just a pretty stitch. 

So please stop by my socksandmittens shop to see our new hand knit aran items. I know you will like them!

What our customers are saying about our hand knit goods

I received a very nice thank you letter from the customer today and decided to post some reviews here. I am so grateful to each and every customer of ours. We at socksandmittens work hard on quality items and we are so happy to know that people appreciated all the hard work.

So here are some reviews on our knit fingerless gloves, arm warmers, socks, cup cozies and Kindle covers. Thank you, all, for choosing our shop and our product and a special thank you to those who let us know!

❤ I purchased (and loved) a couple pairs of your fingerless gloves a few years ago. My husband and I love your gloves and I'm so glad you're still on etsy making them!! lots of my favorite shops have disappeared. I always get compliments on the gloves as well. 

❤ These were a gift for my boyfriend, and he loves them. He had a pair he bought in a store but he says these are soon much better.

❤Exceptional quality and wonderfully fast shipping. Thanks so much. A big hit for Christmas!

❤ Thanks so much for making these for me. They may be my favorites! But it's hard to decide since all of my things you've made are so beautiful!

❤ Amazing! They even gift rapped it for me.... wow A++

❤ Very pretty arm warmers and so well made! Nice packaging and shipping was very fast! Thanks for your excellent service and beautiful product!

❤ Custom order made perfectly and shipped very fast! My wife loved them! Thank you very much!!!

❤ Girlfriend loves them! She wore them every day this winter break!

❤ Very soft and warm. I believe they will provide years of use with proper care. I really like them.

❤ These socks are oh so cozy. I'm sure I will really enjoy wearing them all through the cold winter months

❤ These socks are deliciously comfortable and neither too tight nor too loose. Awesome!

❤ I have been using the sleeve you made for years now and it's done a great job protecting my Kindle!

❤ Your work and service is always outstanding and I will be back to order more!

❤ Always wonderful to work with this shop - thanks for the beautiful gloves and speedy, friendly service!

How to measure your arms for custom arm warmers

In addition to my previous post on how to measure your hands for custom made gloves or mittens, here is how to measure your arms for  custom knit arm warmers.

We will need 3 measurements to ensure a good fit.

1. To find out your arm warmers circumference, please measure your dominant hand (the right if you are right handed, and the left if you are left-handed) with a tape measure or a piece of string. If you are using a string please lay it on a flat ruler to see the result.

Place the tape measure around the knuckles of your hand around the fullest part, excluding the thumb (measurement A):

 

2. Measure the circumference of your arm about 2"  below the elbow (measurement C):

 

3. Measure your wrist circumference (measurement D):

 

Write down your measurements and contact us for your new custom made arm warmers. We are always glad to hear from you!

Inspired by harvest

This Fall we are just in love with color. It is colder here this year and the yellow leaves are already falling. We already harvested our herbs, watermelons, lemon Meyers, sweet Hawaiian peppers and Indian eggplant. They are so colorful (and delicious!).

 

That's when we decided to pull some bright yarns out of our stash and knit some new gloves!

I don't have more of these yarns so some of them are impossible to repeat. The colors are so rich and pretty that sometimes I don't even know how to explain the shades in words!  

So please visit our socksandmittens shop to see the selection. 

Winter season at Socksandmittens

This fall and winter we added some new product to our socksandmittens shop on Etsy. For men, we created a new line of fingerless gloves made of undyed wool contained lanolin oils.

This yarn comes in two shades, oatmeal and brown so we played with it a little and made 4 different designs with it. 

 

The gloves made with this yarn are very pretty and can be a nice thoughtful handmade gift for a natural fiber lover.

For ladies, we tried some new yarns also. There are gloves and arm warmers made of very soft alpaca, extrafine merino wool & angora yarn  and we just made a couple of new wrist warmers of colorful Noro yarn. Please stop by to see them in our shop!

As always, please remember how to care for your garments made of natural fiber. Hand wash it in lukewarm water and lay flat to dry on a surface covered with a clean colorfast bath towel.

 

This winter was so cold in many areas. Please stay warm!

What's new at Socksandmittens? July 2013

It has been a very busy summer for us. We are making more pretty items for you to wear this Fall and Winter or to give as gifts.

Since we are taking short trips from time to time we are not listing much at this time but wait until the middle of August! We are making new designs and more of the existing ones that are loved by many.

This year we will be adding some more crochet items,  cowls and scarves. We are also working on seasonal holidays items for the home and warm knits to wear.

Please visit us often this Fall and Winter to see what we have. 

Back to black

I love to shop right now for Halloween stuff, don't you? I am trying not go overboard with my spending but I still have some unfulfilled wish. Like that little devil pot which runs away from you laughing as soon as you get close to it.  

Anyway, we were thinking of costumes for this year and I realized that I am in a mood for black and Gothic. This is where my inspiration is coming from. I love to make or  purchase clothing that I am able to wear more than once so we thought of these lovely romantic (or Gothic) gloves which will look great with any outfit. 

 Lace is always classy so we used a soft blend yarn made of merino wool, bamboo rayon and nylon to show the pretty pattern. They are elegant and sophisticated at the same time. 

The same pattern but in a different yarn was used to make this pair:

It has a completely different look, don't you think? Great to wear for your New Years eve gala or any time you like :)