Twinknit

Today is the perfect first day of February — gloomy, dark, rainy, and generally kind of miserable. A day to foreshadow what will inevitably be the weather for the rest of the month. But because we’ve only had cold-and-incredibly-sunny lately, and it’s only the first of february so I haven’t had time to get tired of it yet, this weather seems like a nice change of pace. Aside from running down the street to get some half-and-half this morning, I’ve been contentedly seated at the dining room table (office doubles as a guest room, and we’ve had a house guest for nearly two weeks), working on my chapter and knitting.

For once, I have a parade of FOs to show, some new and some old. But due to light issues, camera troubles, and a general lack of will power and organization on my part, you’ll have to wait to see most of them. Today, I give you this:

Pattern: Garter Stitch Mitts, from the lovely and talented Ysolda Teague

Yarn: Dream in Color Classy, in “Happy Forest” leftover from Bainbridge

Needles: my lovely Lantern Moon Rosewoods, in US 8

Thoughts: This was pure, quick, pleasure knitting for me. They make a nicely fitted fingerless mitt, and I’m loving garter stitch right now, for some reason. I effed up on the second mitt because I was watching Mansfield Park on Youtube while knitting, but didn’t notice until I was halfway through the senselessly-tedious kitchner seam and decided I didn’t care enough to rip back. As a result, what was supposed to be a gift now belongs to me (YAY!). I justify it by saying that I needed new mitts, since I left my old ones at a club by accident (shedding a tear for my lovely Fetchings, now in the hands of some indie rocker).

Also find it funny that Pam and I seemed to knit the same project at the same time — A Bainbridge with accompanying mitts. I love her tab/slot and button idea. Might have to make myself one now…