Fiddlehead Fabulousness
There are not too many projects I work on that I am fully satisfied with at the end. Especially not the first time I try a pattern. I usually want to try it again immediately and make improvements either in the fit or the colors etc. These gloves, however, are the exception. They turned out just as I had hoped: fabulous!
The only warning I must give to people is that they are terribly addictive. Every time I sat down to do a few rounds I would get halfway through one color and think to myself ‘Oh, I’m almost at the next color! I’ll just keep working until I get there’. Once I got to the next color I would think ‘Well, maybe I’ll just get this color started….’ and the cycle continued until *poof* two mittens.
The pattern is Fiddlehead mittens from Hello Yarn. They can be made with any number of yarns, a friend of mine used Cascade for the outside of hers. The outside of these mittens are colorful and fun but a big part of the charm of these mittens is the lining, pure magic! Super soft and fluffy, it’s a little treat each time you put them on. The lining also adds quite a bit of warmth.
I made the outside of these mittens with a few scraps of Blue Sky Alpaca Melange and Sport Weight. These gloves are lined with the Brushed Suri. It’s like putting your hand into a cloud. The cream colored lining color name is whipped cream, how fitting. Once I had finished my first pair, I had to start another one, it wasn’t really choice, it’s more of an addiction. I have also recently been quite smitten with the White Witch Mittens and Nordic Mittens.
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April 3, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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