Sunday, March 21, 2010

squirrely squirrel sampler mittens

I finished the Squirrel Sampler Mittens! Yay! I really had a lot of fun with this pattern, but I'm not sure how often I'll be knitting lined mittens. They are very warm, but it's quite a bit of extra work... plus I don't live in a climate where you need wool mittens that often, let alone lined wool mittens.

In either case, they are super duper adorable! I knit the outside of the mittens with KnitPicks Palette which is a fingering weight 100% wool and knit the lining with KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud wich is a lace weight 100% alpaca. They are pretty luxurious feeling on the inside and pretty hearty feeling on the outside, which is why I guess lining mittens can be pretty awesome. They are knit on size 0 needles. They are extremely snug on my hands, but they aren't for me. This is the first xmas gift completed for 2010 and the giftee has much smaller hands than me. :-)

squirrel mittens

squirrel mittens

and here are some shots that show off the lining. First as it's being knit:

squirrel mittens

and then what you see once it's finished:

squirrel mittens

So soft on the inside.

I am thrilled to bits with these mittens. They are adorable and they make me happy. It's probably a good thing they don't really fit (that's me wearing them, but there isn't enough ease for them to be comfortable).


3 comments:

  1. Oh this is so cute! I love this squirrel and acorn pattern on the other side. Where did you get this pattern?

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  2. Kamo, they are from "Hello Yarn". Here is a link: http://www.helloyarn.com/squirrelsamplermittens.htm

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