Sunday 1 December 2013

From K - Snowfling Mitts

Two months ago, when autumn was quickly fading into winter, I cast on a pair of mitts for the very first time (first successful time that is). The combination of a long roadtrip, a work trip, and a few furious knit nights, made for some seriously speeding knitting, and after two weeks I had my very own pair of Tanis Fiber Arts Snowfling Mitts.

Kelsey's Mits

To be honest I have been dying to make mittens to a long time but flashbacks of the Christmas mitten fiasco of 2002 kept flashing in my head, and I didn't think I could stomach the idea of another pair of mitts being stashed away, thumbless and forever to be unloved. **For reference - Amanda was convinced she would teach me to knit more than a decade ago and I had a paralyzingly fear of knitting thumbs (a fear that I only now just concurred).

 

Kelsey's Mits

This was my first real foray into colour work and I was surprised by how easy it. To be fair though my ability to pick it up quickly might have been helped tremendously by the pure fact that I cast these babies on after Thanksgiving supper with Amanda in close range.


Kelsey's Mits

These beauties have a cashmere lining that add the perfect touch of added warmth and luxury. I can officially say I'm hooked and another kit is in the mail. The more mitts the merrier!

 

6 comments:

  1. I love them, they are the same colours as mine, which I am having a lot of fun making.

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  2. Kelsey, these are SO amazing! Really impressed with your mad knitting skills!

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  3. I cannot believe how quickly you knitted these up Kelsey! They are so so gorgeous! Looking at these I want to get back to learning to knit (I haven't even started the scarf I bought yarn for several months ago yet). Never mind that it's rarely cold enough here to need mittens...

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  4. Beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration for both knitting and overcoming our own mitten fiascos. Hope you are feeling better! - Kate

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