Kitten Mittens
Eunny's Anemoi mittens make me happy. I love these. They're baby alpaca so I've re-christened them the "kitten mittens" cause I seriously feel like I'm walking around with a couple of kittens keeping my fingers toasty.
These have not been blocked - they went straight from the needles to my hands so I guess they're just going to have to block with wear cause they ain't coming off.
Anyone who is thinking about making these - I say go for it! They're a great fitting pair of mittens and I really enjoyed the non-repetitive chart - wouldn't want everything I knit to be non-repetitive but it was kind of like making a puzzle or something. If you like that kind of thing (and I sure do), you'll enjoy this project.
And they were finished just in time cause someone rilly, rilly, rilly wants to go play in the snow!
Project Details:
Pattern: Eunny's Anemoi Mittens I made the size Small.
Yarn: 100% alpaca bought at Cricket Cove - 1 skein of chocolate/1 skein of cream with enough left over for a child's hat or mittens
Needles: The recommended 2mm and 2.25mm.
Comments: Absolutely love these - one of my favorite projects. Not sure how well the alpaca will hold up with a lot of wear but the warmth and softness are a huge bonus. One issue I had was that I used the recommended 2mm needles for the first cuff and found it was too tight (I can barely get it over my knuckles. On the second mitten, I used the larger needles for the cuff and it was a much better fit - this may have been due to the yarn I was working with or the tightness of my ribbing.
These have not been blocked - they went straight from the needles to my hands so I guess they're just going to have to block with wear cause they ain't coming off.
Anyone who is thinking about making these - I say go for it! They're a great fitting pair of mittens and I really enjoyed the non-repetitive chart - wouldn't want everything I knit to be non-repetitive but it was kind of like making a puzzle or something. If you like that kind of thing (and I sure do), you'll enjoy this project.
And they were finished just in time cause someone rilly, rilly, rilly wants to go play in the snow!
Project Details:
Pattern: Eunny's Anemoi Mittens I made the size Small.
Yarn: 100% alpaca bought at Cricket Cove - 1 skein of chocolate/1 skein of cream with enough left over for a child's hat or mittens
Needles: The recommended 2mm and 2.25mm.
Comments: Absolutely love these - one of my favorite projects. Not sure how well the alpaca will hold up with a lot of wear but the warmth and softness are a huge bonus. One issue I had was that I used the recommended 2mm needles for the first cuff and found it was too tight (I can barely get it over my knuckles. On the second mitten, I used the larger needles for the cuff and it was a much better fit - this may have been due to the yarn I was working with or the tightness of my ribbing.
posted by KnittenKnots at 7:38 AM
10 Comments:
They're gorgeous! LMAO @ "rilly rilly rilly" wanting to play in the snow. My kids and dog are like that too. :)
That settles it. I rilly rilly rilly want to make some. I fear colorwork. Wish me steadfast resolve. :-)
ohhh they look great and alpaca!! Now I know why you didn't want to take them off!
I'm interested to know how they hold up in the snow!
oh this is so weird. i'm knitting my own anemoi mitts and reading at the same time. when your photos loaded i was like, Did I somehow finish my mitts...? mine are the same color combos! those are gorgeous.
Anemoi frenzy seems to be sweeping the nation, I will cave one of these days - so beautiful.
They're beautiful! Love the choc colour combo. I'm going to knit me some colourwork mittens one of these days too.
I love these! Are you going to be wearing them on Saturday? I am so envious of your terrific fairisle knitting... this is a type of fairisle right? Anyway, so envious!
Congrats on finishing them...they look amazing.
Yum. I need some kitten mittens! Hope Otis had a good romp!
oh wow those mittens look almost edible in that gorgeous alpaca yarn. well done on a great project
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