I started these mittens last weekend I think as a potential Christmas gift, but I think they're going to be for me. hehe I haven't knitted anything for myself in a while. Plus, they're in my favorite colours! These are being knit in Knit Pick Palette. The orange is called "masala" and the whitish is called "Oyster Heather" (though I don't see the heather, myself).
This is about 10 or 12 hours of work:
Oh, mittens! Cute! It's right on time as fall knitting.
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm so impressed! Your tension looks perfect! And the colours work fabulously too, I actually have two skeins of masala in my stash too, and now I know what they will become!
ReplyDeleteNice Mittens! I haven't tried Fair Isle yet, but seeing your mittens makes me want to. Very nice!
ReplyDelete*LOVE*...especially the name.
ReplyDeleteThose are drop-dead gorgeous. I hope you finish the pair in time to show them off this winter.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I know you've probably already thought of this, but the two-at-a-time method for socks also works for mittens. I haven't yet been brave enough to tackle Fair Isle (ever), but there are Fair Isle sock patterns in the T-A-A-T books. Also, when I made myself some mittens two winters ago, I had two sets of DPNs going, with a mitten on each set. I would get to a certain place on the one mitten and switch to the other mitten and get it to the same place. (I have a bad case of second-sock syndrome.)
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