La Push Mittens
So, as I last blogged about, I have been reading the Twilight series, I kind of felt like the last book jumped the shark a bit but they are a fun read none the less. I was looking on Ravelry for a nice vest pattern when I stumbled across some very beautiful mittens. I wasn’t sure what they were doing in the vest category but I was immediately smitten with the long cuffs and the chunky cable (I’m a sucker for a cable, what can I say?). Then I realized they were Bella’s Mittens. From the movie, the part where she goes to La Push. I’m not sure if this makes me like them more or less but I immediately picked up some Malabrigo Chunky and got moving.
The mittens are gorgeous (if I do say so myself) and the yarn is pretty fab too. It’s super soft with a bit more of a spin to it than the Malabrigo worsted. They knit up quite quickly and the pattern was very well written. My cousin and I were on a road trip to Winnipeg and I had a pair and a half done by the time we hit the Peg. Holly, my road trip buddy, is a massive Twilight fan (much more than me I tell myself) and had to have a pair of her own when she saw mine. We picked out the lovely Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed aran held doubled. Unfortunately I don’t have a pic of that pair yet, but I’m working on it.
My model is my cousin Jill, I asked her to make her best emo face and she nailed it!
