Pattern: Choose Your Own Adventure Mittens by Alison Griffith
Yarn: Biscotte Yarns in ‘Butterfly Wings’ colourway
This is one of the patterns in the Knit Picks Charmed: Whimsical Knits Collection. I really enjoy Knit Picks collections, although I personally feel that they put out too many in too quick a succession, so it’s really easy to miss a pattern collection and even harder to spend any time thinking about it before the next Knit Picks collection is coming out. I think a new collection comes out every 2-3 weeks; it’s hard to keep track.
The pattern has directions for making your own stripes (so it would be a great stash buster) but I’m loving knitting it with this beautiful self striping yarn from Biscotte Yarns. I don’t know why I don’t knit with self striping yarn more often- I love it, but a quick look at my Ravelry project page tells me that I only do it about once a year. Why am I depriving myself of this magical striping goodness? I need more stripes in my knitting life.
There are also directions for if you want fingerless mitts or full mittens, and when I started the second mitt I wasn’t sure which way I wanted to go with it, so I put the first mitt’s stitches on waste yarn and started the second while I had a think about it. I stopped knitting the first mitt when I got to a point where I could start the second mitt and have the stripes be the same, so I’m loving that they are coming out identical so far.
Now I’ve decided- I want full mittens! I’ve got lots of fingerless mitts, which I love, but my full mitten wardrobe is getting lean- some have been lost, some have just fallen apart due to years of hard labour, and I only have two pairs (these and these) still in use. I’m loving the stripes on these so much — and they will look awesome with my black coat.
Oh, and that awesome project bag is from Zig Zag Stitches, which was part of a custom project kit from Tanis Fiber Arts a couple of years ago. I still love the bright, graphic fabric.
