When our Squishy sent me the link, I about died laughing over the title. What could be less me? Hello!
Then I looked at the pattern and loved the twisted stitches and cables, the less traditional and more modern feel, and the chance to use my own handspun yarn once again.
How could I say no?
Shut up!
I did an extra chart repeat for a longer cuff before starting the thumb/hand part of the mitten itself. I also disregarded part of the decreases because I couldn't quite wrap my head around them. A bit like there was something going on at the end that no one warned me about but whatever...
Used the suggested needles, leftover sweater yarn, and got the slightly nippley thumb in the pattern. Yeah, I'll be pondering that one for a while.
All in all, honestly loved the pattern. Love the mittens. Still love that yarn.
Callin' it a win!
Many thanks to my Goddess of the Mittens for the thumb help when I was in the weeds. Hello! I knit socks!
Top 3 Things I'm Whinging About: Fake bitches who just don't get it, fucking Kaiser, & yarn that does NOT live up to the hype. Nothing new, but that's how it goes some days...
Those mittens are just luscious.
Posted by: Kym | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 03:54 AM
I love your new mittens! The pattern and the yarn are a match made in heaven:)
Posted by: Karen | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 04:42 AM
Beautiful new mittens. And, they match your sweater!!! And, the whining? The second one might require a hissy fit. Or, didn't that work, either? Hugs, dumplin'!!!!!
Posted by: CindyCindy | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 04:50 AM
Just lovely!
Posted by: Becky | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 04:51 AM
Love the color, and I also agree on the cuff length. More is better. Happy New Year by the way! :)
Posted by: Daniele Langham | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 05:50 AM
They are so pretty! Did you go out to chip ice this morning so you could use them? ;)
xoxo
Posted by: Marilyn | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 06:08 AM
Definitely a win, love them!
Posted by: Hattie | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 06:16 AM
I hope you get a chance to wear your new lovelies! You can whinge all you want, but it's doubtful it'll get you anywhere. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: margene | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 07:56 AM
I always think of live in a time of cholera when I read the title, which seems more like you. ;) alas, Kaiser is the model I keep seeing held up as the good one...
Posted by: Kitten | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 08:07 AM
Also, YAY PRETTY MITTENS!
Posted by: Kitten | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 08:08 AM
Love, love, love!
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 08:56 AM
They are beautiful! Going to add pattern to ever-growing queue.
Posted by: monica | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 09:24 AM
Thumb nipples, stop!!! I just snorted coffee and that's never good.
The mitten are gorgeous, do no leave them laying around if you're standing next to me. I shall steal them. There! I've confessed and not yet done the crime ;-)
Posted by: Silvia | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 09:36 AM
Those are perfect! I'm always a fan of long cuffs on mittens, living in the Land of Snow-Up-My-Sleeve as I do...
Posted by: gayle | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Woot! Project win! I love extra long cuffs on mittens- no sneaking cold gusts up larger jacket arm holes!
Posted by: Kelly | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 10:58 AM
I love them. I guess the one thing I really love about mittens is that you can knit them during the season when they should be worn, and still finish in time to wear them, even when there is lots of cabling like these mittens. They are a lovely way to show off that pretty handspun!
Posted by: Susan | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, I snorted at the title too. They came out lovely. A week!?!?!?
Posted by: Stacey | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 01:05 PM
Those mittens are delightful! Re: nipply thumbs. All the kewl kids have them.
Posted by: kmkat | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 02:13 PM
Oh, so lovely! I like longer cuffs, too. Nipply thumbs? Maybe not decrease down to so few stitches at the end? I don't really know either. Stephania is a local dyer here in Oregon, and she's a very nice person. Guess she has nice designs knocking around in her head, too! Congrats on warm hands AND warm wrists!
Posted by: pdxknitterati | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 02:33 PM
So cute. I wonder if I could make them gloves?
What? No Mrs. Vance angst? I am still mad.
Posted by: Carrie#K | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 03:23 PM
I just love the mittens and the longer cuff -- just perfect!
xxoo
Posted by: Kathleen | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 07:08 PM
Nice work on the mittens. I still have a pair of gloves that I made where I was so eager to get started on them that the cuffs are almost non-existent. Needless to say they're not useful. *Your* mittens, on the other hand, look very lovely, warm & useful.
Posted by: Natalie | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 07:01 AM
Very pretty! And the colour of the yarn is so icy on their own...cool mittens that keep you warm. Irony! ;)
Posted by: Maire | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 08:56 AM
Love those mittens. They look like the perfect fit. Now you have an extra nipple or two but reallly - they look lovely. :)
Don't get me started on hospitals or insurance bullshit.
Posted by: Helen | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM
I love and those mittens! And as stated above, completely stealable. :-)
Posted by: Patty | Friday, January 11, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Those are absolutely lovely. Gorgeous pattern and they look so warm and cozy with an edge. :D
Posted by: Angie | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 04:00 PM
They are so beautiful and fit looks great! Twisted stitches really add that special something. I like that style thumb. The thumbs are what turn me off on a lot of stranded mittens because while the peasant thumb looks so nice in mittens sitting nicely for a photo, it's not so great on my hand. Don't nipply thumbs happen in cold weather?
I think you'll have a lot of company in that whingefest. xoxo
Posted by: Sarah | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 05:51 PM
Pretty! Does it get cold enough for mittens where you live? ;)
Posted by: JessaLu | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 09:02 PM