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| Peace Fleece: Marigold |
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| Fibre Optic Yarns Paintbox Gradient |
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| Julie Asselin Piccolo: Arlequin & Voolenvine Wolke: Faerie Hair |
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| Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles: Bramble |
Of course November is the perfect month for knitting too. Here is a pair of mittens just off the needles ready to be wrapped up for Christmas. These mittens, knit in a bulky weight yarn, and knit up very quickly.
Pattern: Antler Mittens
Designer: tincanknits
Yarn: Madelinetosh Chunky in Smokestack
Size: Adult M
Notes: This is my first time using Madelinetosh's Chunky yarn and I have to say I quite like it. The knitted mittens are quiet warm and the variegation in the colourway is beautiful.
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| Antler Mittens by tincanknits |
Now I am debating how much Christmas gift knitting I should do. I have several bigger projects on the needles that are not intended for gifts. Do I leave them aside for now and jump into more Christmas knitting? That is the question of the day : )
Oh, we so don't mind these wonderful photos!!! Just beautiful! As for the gift knitting, I believe it should be as relaxing as possible - if you have an impossible deadline, you get stressed and it's reflected in your knitting, so my thoughts are just to work on the gifts whenever you feel like it, without pushing yourself too much!
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the gift knitting...I always think I have more time than I do!
DeleteWell, if your larger projects include a blanket or an Afghan that you yourself need, I would say put your Christmas knitting items on the back burner! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Richard.
ReplyDeleteHi Richard! I have a sweater on my needles that I would love to finish but I keep getting distracted by patterns I would like to knit for gifts. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving too.
DeleteI love all the colour in your pictures and the beautiful golden marigold yarn!! And your mittens look wonderful too! I just finished my very first pair of mittens and I'm quite in love ;-) So lovely to knit a quick little selfish project and look at it all day :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I love those quick projects.
DeleteOh those mittens have turned out beautifully - I love the colour and they make such a cosy knit - I have a paid in Rowan Cocoon that are the perfect thing for the coldest of cold mornings!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carie. I bought some Cocoon and I can imagine how perfectly cozy anything knit in it would be.
DeleteYour photos are beautiful (it's not just the yarn)! I love your version of that mitten pattern too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura! I love taking pictures...it brings me a lot of joy.
DeleteBeautiful mittens, I need to get knitted a pair of those, when I get done with all my other starts,haha. You have taken some lovely pictures, beautiful blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen! It's so fun to start a new project...I have quite a few works in progress too.
DeleteOoh, your yarns all look so amazing- one day I will get some Hedgehog Fibers, all their colourways just look so incredible. And those mittens look so perfect for winter- nothing beats a great cabled mitten.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie! It is very hard to pick a colourway in Hedgehog...so many gorgeous choices.
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