Moth Mittens

Mr. SockPixie's Moth Mittens are finished and just in time! It has been really cold here in Boston over the last few days.



To quickly recap the pattern came from the book All New Homespun Handknits by Amy Clarke Moore. I am happy they are finished, but a little sad too as I had so much fun knitting them. I might just have to spin some yarn to make another pair...

I have cast on for the Indian Floral Vest, and am getting ready to reknit the American Girl Doll Sweater. This should be a busy but really fun week, with lots of new knitting to share with you.

Fairisle Moth Mittens

Yesterday, the children wanted to go to their favorite hangout, the bookstore, after we were done with school. (We are homeschoolers). Even though, my spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria, and I could just have packed it up and taken it to the bookstore to continue spinnning the roving for the Floral Vest, I decided not to, and instead chose the easy thing.

I picked 2 skeins of contrasting wool yarn, a blue and a green (rather masculine colors), with the idea of knitting mittens while at the bookstore.

During our last visit at the bookstore, a couple days ago, I had looked at the book, All New Homespun Handknit by Amy Clarke Moore and really liked some of the projects in it.



As soon as we got to the bookstore, I bought the book, and started working on the Moth Mittens.

I decided the mittens would be for Mr. SockPixie.

To make the mittens a little more masculine, I opted for a less adorned cuff. Just a two color K2 P2 rib would do for my rugged guy!



I kept the rest of the pattern as directed, except for the inside of the hand where I only knit the plain pattern without the central swirl.



I am almost done with the first mitten, just a few more rounds before the decreases!



If you bought the book, or have made these mittens leave me a comment and if you have a blog, I will go see yours.