Pattern: Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang, free on her old blog.
Yarn: Drops Alpaca, 100% Alpaca, 50gr=180m, colours #517 (grey) and #506 (charcoal), less than one 50gr ball of each colour required
Needles: 2mm for ribbing, 3.25mm for colourwork area
Measurements: 31cm long, 17cm circumference (at smallest point, before thumb increases begin)
Notes: Oh what wonderful mitts! I loved this pattern, absolutely loved it. It was fabulous for training my stranded technique (one yarn in each hand) and now I feel comfortable with working two colours at a time. I used a great k1p1 cast on, found on video here (scroll down, it's the last one) and I especially liked the way the first couple of ribbing rows create a thicker, firmer edge that still stretches.
These mitts are for a man, so I made the largest size stated (and hence the dreary colour scheme), but I really should have cast on a few more stitches for the beginning cuff, because while they're a good size for me, most men have bigger forearms than my little wimpy pair. Hopefully they're not too tight on the recipient.
The kitchener cast-off is an absolute bitch, man it takes so long and it's so hard to get the tension right, but in the end, it looks so much better than my usual trad cast off.
All in all, I love these so much. The pattern is great, not easy, not too hard and I wil definitely be making more of these in the future. Perhaps pink and white...or orange and yellow...
3 comments:
Beautiful! My daughter want these too, so they are most likely part of my future too!
Oh my gosh! The SnB ladies said you were a knitting machine over there, but now I see that it is really true. The colorwork stuff you're doing is gorgeous! Have you used that cloth I made you in the sauna yet? - Sarah G.
You know I've used it! I has pride of place on the door handle to the sauna. Thanks again!
Steffi
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