At the shop, the Mittens Winter Knit-Along begins this Sunday, the 24th. Mittens are always a necessity, especially since, in my case, they’re a bit easy to misplace or damage… I once burned a hole in a pair while roasting marshmallows during a camping trip.
Though I won’t be casting on anything new this time, I will, however, be busy knitting mittens. Two (actually, three) pairs of mittens are waiting to be finished and now is as good of a time as any to finally be done with them. Finishing these will mean I’ll have knocked three more UFOs off my list!
The first pair is the Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang. These were started by our friend, Ariel, last winter and sadly left in the basket until, well, now. Aren’t they pretty? Prettier finished, I should say! This pattern is a wonderfully easy fair isle knit, requiring only two colors, and is a small enough project to achieve immediate gratification.
Two summers ago, while attending Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp, I fiddled around with EZ’s Brioche Hat pattern and made it reversible in two colors. Since, I thought I would try my hands at figuring out how to create reversible brioche mittens/handwarmers. Why not, right?
The first mitt was created last winter. I’m proud to say that I diligently kept notes so that a pattern could be written up. Was it so successful that I decided to knit another pair? Um, not quite. The second mitt, started last summer, was an attempt to make sense of those notes which looked a lot like a bunch of gobbledygook. Even I couldn’t understand my own notes.
After a bit of editing, I think we’ll be ready for the third attempt which is the finish both of these and to make sure the pattern isn’t heiroglyphic. What will you be working on?
