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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by ikkivan[/i] [br]Sharon, "thrums" are small pieces/tufts of wool fleece or roving knitted into items such as mittens or house slippers to make them extra warm. On the outside, the mittens (that's what I'm knitting now) look as if they have colorwork dots or "lice" scattered over them (usually sort of a grid pattern), but on the inside, the fluffy loose ends become felted to the inside of the fabric to make a very warm and windproof lining ... sort of like lining your knitted item with sheepskin! Try a search for "knitting thrummed mittens" or something like that and you'll see lots on the Internet as well as Ravelry. I understand the origin is from Newfoundland and Labrador, but I figure anyone in really cold climates has done something similar. Donna, with intentions always bigger than her available time. (OkieDokieKnitter on Ravelry) [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.