Snow (and Icicles) on Cedars

As promised yesterday, the year's first finished knit!

Fingerless mitts, pattern Snow on Cedars by Anne Hanson.  This is the first of Anne's patterns that I've used, and I must say that I really enjoyed it.  I'm a regular Knitspot reader, and very much appreciate her willingness to share how she develops new patterns, etc.  When I bought this pattern, I also purchased the pattern for the Irtfa'a Faroese Shawl which I really look forward to knitting this spring or summer.

The pattern is very well written and Anne is kind enough to offer both a line-by-line write-up AND a graph, which I think is very generous of her.  ;-)  I finished the first mitt over our 4-day Christmas trip to Indiana, but didn't finish up the second one until ten days ago.  After blocking, the lace pattern really opened up and they look great all the way up the arm:

I used Yarn Pirate Booty Club sock-weight Merino/Tencel blend in colorway "Icicle", which I thought was just right (in name AND in color) for this project.  It used just less than half the skein, so I've decided that I will make another, slightly shorter pair for myself.  These are a gift for a special birthday girl, so I had to peel them off my own warm hands and prepare them for the mail.  Luckily, it won't take long at all till I have a more Kelly-sized pair.  Hooray!

Comments

[anne]

your SOC mitts are gorgeous . . have fun wearing them!

[Nicole D]

Very pretty. I am still working on straight lines. lol!