Mittens and Gloves
One of the projects I've been working on is a pair of mittens for a friend of mine (yet another late Xmas present). I'm making them out of Debbie Bliss Bulky Cashmerino and while the yarn is amazign, the pattern has been kicking my ass up and down the town. I was doing color work and messed up it multiple times. I finally got a completed mitten with color work pattern done correctly and notice I had neglected to leave a hole for the thumb. More cursing ensued. I finally have one complted mitten with stitches on hold for the thumb.



You'll notice how the mitten on the right has a thumb stitcking out and the mitten on the left is a lovely patterned thumbless tube. *sigh* The colorwork pattern is called "old goose eye" and is from a book of Swedish mitten patterns I got from the library.


And here is the inside of the mittens. I'm pleased with how neat the stranding ended up being since I haven't actually done this before.

I've also been slogging away at Knitty's Broadstreet mittens (fingerless gloves with a mitten shell on them). Slog slog slog slog. I had to rip out the entire hand portion at one point because, although I hit gague when I swatched, the hand was mysteriously almost 2 inches too wide. Grr. I just finished the pinky on one of the gloves. Bow down before my glove-fu.



Did I mention the pictures were taken New Year's day after a long evening of drinking and dancing?


And last, but no in way least, a completed project. Gloves made ouf Cherry Tree Hill supersock yarn. They are gorgeous and sexx-ay as all get out to match their new owner wyoluvr