When I received a box of yarn as a birthday gift from a friend, I really fell for one skein in particular. I had been wanting to make some fingerless mitts for a few weeks (it's getting cold outside!), and the Mountain Colors Twizzle seemed to be just the right yarn.
Pattern: Natalya by Jody of Savannah Chik
Yarn: Mountain Colors Twizzle in Bitterroot Rainbow, 0.5 skein
Needles: US4 DPNs
Time To Knit: Nov 1 - 5
Modifications: Even though I knit this on much smaller needles, I didn't have to adjust the number of stitches to make it fit my hands. I did have a different row gauge, so I knit more cable repeats after the thumb gusset, and I picked up more stitches around the thumb than called for. I also reversed the cable on the second mitt.
This was a very fast, enjoyable knit. I chose the options to make fingers, and I'm glad that I did. It was a bit fiddly, but I love having the fingers.
One cool thing about these mitts is that the yarn was gifted by a friend, and I used a pattern written by a friend. I think about them whenever I pull on the mitts, and I think it makes the wool just a little bit warmer.
I used less than half of the skein, and I'm planning to make another pair to give to someone else!
Those look nice and toasty! I've been wearing my wrist warmers a lot lately, and thinking about knitting some more myself....
Posted by: Anne | November 13, 2007 at 06:01 PM
I just made some Dashing mitts, and seeing these makes me want more fingerless gloves! Those are really lovely.
Posted by: Laura | November 13, 2007 at 06:04 PM
Those look great. Love that color.
Posted by: Bea | November 13, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Pretty mitts and even better that they make you think of friends.
Posted by: kim | November 13, 2007 at 07:06 PM
I've been wanting to make myself some mitts but hadn't yet found a pattern that "spoke" to me. This pattern I like a lot (bookmarked it in a flash). They're so cute how you made them a little shorter, but the long version looks tempting, too. Excellent use of some lovely gift yarn.
Posted by: Jean | November 13, 2007 at 07:19 PM
Niiiice!
Posted by: Carol | November 13, 2007 at 08:30 PM
Love that phrase "makes the wool just a little bit warmer." That's the perfect description of the knitterly intersection of love and wool.
Posted by: Ariel | November 13, 2007 at 10:41 PM
awww...glad you like them :) the colors are great!
Posted by: jody | November 14, 2007 at 05:24 AM
very nice! i have always liked that pattern - simple but elegant!
Posted by: stacey | November 14, 2007 at 08:40 AM
Love them! And happy to have seen them in person too. :)
Posted by: Jessica | November 14, 2007 at 09:34 AM
Lovely! Especially nice that the yarn and pattern were from friends. I wore my fingerless mitts this morning. I really should make some more. Fun and easy.
Posted by: Kim | November 14, 2007 at 10:01 AM
very nice! I love that tweed.
Posted by: Kelly | November 14, 2007 at 03:29 PM
I love that color! All you need now is for it to stay cold out there.
Posted by: Christine | November 14, 2007 at 04:17 PM
Those are beautiful! Perfect color and pattern for right now.
Posted by: tiennie | November 14, 2007 at 05:46 PM
I love them - unfortunately it doesn't get cold enough for mittens in Sydney...
Posted by: Nora | November 15, 2007 at 05:13 AM
They are lovely - great colors. If I wasn't so darn busy I'd make some, too!
Posted by: Beth | November 15, 2007 at 06:29 AM
These are perfect. I have been thinking of mitts for a while now, I think I need a pair of these, without the fingers though, I can't do fiddly right now. But yours are perfection itself. Perfection!
Posted by: nova | November 15, 2007 at 01:09 PM