My LYS had a book about felting on display. The book had a section on children's mittens. It recommended casting on in cotton, knitting a few rounds, switching to wool, making the mittens, felting the mittens, removing the waste cotton and then knitting the cuff into the holes where the cotton had been. Hmmm. Well...it would work, yes. You COULD do it that way. But...why? What a lot of work. Try this instead: click pictureDoes it work? You bet. Did it hold up? See for yourself. Here are the…