Handschuhe

Gnome mittens done just in time for…uh…winter…well not so much.  It’s still kinda (alot warm), but they’re done anyway.

I followed the pattern and even used the yarn and colors called for.  I figure SpillyJane’s got it all worked out, so why mess with that.  I still have enough yarn to make about two more pairs of these mittens.  Don’t all run for the exits at once.  I really like these cute gnomes, and if I do make another pair (for me too) I’d make more ribbing and omit a set of gnomes.  That way they’d be really tight for those super cold days waiting for the hotel shuttle in Detroit/Chicago/Buffalo in January.  But as they are, they fit well and are very warm.  I hope blocking will make the gnomes look less, well, lumpy.

Project evaluation:  Success and good fair isle practice.

Can I get a “hell ya”

Why, you ask?  Uh, they’re GNOME MITTENS!  How stinking cute are they?  Would I have gnomes in the yard or wear a gnome Halloween costume?  No.  Gnome mittens?  Sign me the freak up!

I’m even knitting them in navy blue, a color I never ever wear because I wear it at work all the darn time.  But my gnomes look so cute in navy, and it goes with their eyes…

Plus, it’s good practice for my upcoming Norwegian yoke sweater.  I don’t do much colorwork, so these mittens will give me some practice to get my tension less wonky.  My gnomes will forgive wonky tension.  They’re good like that.