My problem is that I seem to be starting more new projects than finishing old/present ones.
But it's not too bad. It's been bitterly cold this winter - especially hard on my hands this year, and I wanted to find something to make that would help me out. Stop my wrists and knuckles aching so much. I knew I wanted half mittens since I needed freedom of movement. (I had already tried fingerless gloves and found them too restricting.)
So, trawling through some knitting journals, I looked at Eunny Jang's journal, and she'd just put up a pattern for "Endpaper mitts" - fingerless mittens that used stranded colourwork.
They were lovely. Really. I was a bit put off though, as I wasn't really wanting to learn how to do stranded colourwork and the instructions seemed a bit fiddly.
But the cold weather was persisting and my hands were paying the price, so I gathered up all the materials needed (also requiring me buying some more double-pointed kntting needles *darn, shucks*) and started.
Here's what I accomplished by the second day:
Ok, the image of the mitten is a little small, so I'll add a better one.
The colour balance is actually perfect. With my eyes, though, looking at it, the purple is a bit pinker and the blue is a bit greener.
But here, the colour looks so flat.
Never mind. I'm still feeling chuffed that it looks so good for a first attempt.
I'm now on the 4th day after starting, doing the penultimate stage - the thumb ribbing. After that comes weaving in all the ends.
I should have it finished tomorrow and by the end of the day, I'll be through the wrist ribbing on the second mitten.
I'll post pictures of them both once they've been washed and dried. That should be fun as I'm making the second mitten in the reverse colourway - blue ribbing and the diamond colours the other way around.
I bet I'll get a lot of questions when I wear them.
*grin*
Bye for now.
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