Mitten mitten mitten!

[camwyn]

After I finished my second pair of socks I could not quite bring myself to start a third immediately. Since I am going to Alaska on 1 September, I thought perhaps I should do up a pair of mittens. Yes, the highs are around 55 F during the time I plan to be there, but the lows get to freezing, so why not be cautious? I bought a copy of Knit Mittens! 15 Cool Patterns To Keep You Warm, by Robin Hansen, and then a couple of needles and a skein of Lion Brand Wool-Ease in white. It would go well with my variegated Berella acrylic, I figured.





Not bad, eh? I bollixed up the pattern near the fingertip area on one of them. This one I got right. I will use this to distinguish between left and right, as the thumb comes straight out of the side and either may be used on either hand.

next up: Lion Brand boucle weirdness to be made into a Dead Muppet Scarf!

Comments

[logicalpsycho.livejournal.com]

Cool. And I hope you mean that it's 55 degrees Fahrenheit with windchill. I learned the hard way in Boston that windchill makes a world of difference...

[camwyn]

I mean that the thermometer measures 55 F. That's the average high temperature for the first two weeks of September in Fairbanks, Alaska. Windchill is another story, not on the chart I looked up at the Weather Channel's site, and is why I will be dressing in layers and bringing hand-knit mittens and hand-knit socks.