Mittens

Lately it’s been getting mighty cold outside (or so it seems to my should-have-reincarnated-in-Australia self). So I finally dug the winter accessories out from the attic, and promptly dug them back in when I realized that nothing fit anymore. Which is, of course, the best possible excuse anyone could wish for hunkering down with some knitting:

Found a nice and simple pattern on Ravelry that I followed pretty much exactly (except I changed the tip of the mittens to one I liked better. And I skipped out on the single increase at the beginning of the palm, because I didn’t see the point and I like my stitches to be nice and symmetrically distributed on the needles. But other than that, pretty much exactly) and now at least kid1 will have warm hands for one more season.

They knit up pretty quickly, too - the second mitten was knit almost entirely while watching Catching Fire (which, by the way, I enjoyed every bit as much as the first movie; Plutarch was really great and I absolutely fell in love with Johanna), so as knitting goes, that was pretty much instant gratification.

My conclusion: Success!

Pattern: Ravelry Classic Mittens
Yarn: Red Heart Lisa (Colour Ozean Mouline)