Thursday, April 05, 2007

If the mitt fits ...

Here it is - I finished my first mitt this evening. I'm just so thrilled with it. I've never tried to knit anything where I had to put stitches on waste yarn, and it just wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be.

Do you see that little bit of yarn on the cutting mat? That's all I had left from one ball of yarn. I managed to get one sock and one mitt from a 50g ball of Patonyle. It will be interesting to see if I manage to get the same mileage out of the other ball. I've already got the other sock, but I guess it will come down to how much is wasted when I match up the colour. I want the mitts to be twins if possible.

On a funny note ... I just showed Marty the mitt I'm wearing right now ... and he wondered it I'm trying to emulate Michael Jackson's one glove look. I better knit the other one up quick smart!!

If you would like the pattern, and missed the link the other day, here it is. I made my mitt significantly shorter than the one featured, I wouldn't have had the yarn for anything longer. In the pattern, it also states that it should take around 2 hours to knit up a mitt. I can assure you it took me a good deal longer than that!

Just in case I don't have a chance to post over the weekend, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a Happy Easter. We'll have a wonderful long weekend, and I hope you all do too!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, congratulations on the mitt! It's beautiful.

atet said...

The mitt is great. Love the colors!

Silverthimble said...

Happy Easter to you and your family!

Quilts And Pieces said...

Happy Easter Tazzie, I love the mitt!

Granny said...

Love your mitt. I printed the pattern. 2 hours? I can hardly get my stitches cast on in 2 hours! :)

I love the yarn you used -- looks law strawberry lemonade!

Jenni said...

Very cool Tazzie. I like it. Easier than a sock I expect?

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