The knitty gritty:Pattern: Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang
Yarn: Louet Gems Fingering in 36 Linen Grey and 43 Pewter
Needles: US0 and US2 DPNs
I would definitely recommend this pattern. It's really well-written, planned out, and easy to follow. The colorwork pattern is simple, but visually appealing, and I love how you can create such different looks, depending on the colors you choose. I was all over the place, trying to decide on colors, but for some reason these grays called out to me, and I really like the monochromatic scheme I ended up with. Stranded colorwork on wee DPNs is a bit fiddly, but it was fun, you get to work on your manual dexterity, and the end result is well worth the fiddliness.
From beginning to end, this project was a joy. I was able to get completely lost in these little palm/wrist warmers over the winter holiday and my subsequent funk. I loved knitting them and I now love wearing them. They are small (= relatively fast to knit). They have visual interest (= mental stimulation). They are JUST the kind of project that is perfect for me!
21 comments:
They came out perfect! The gray colors are subdued and let the elegant colorwork shine through!
They look great - it's been all about the stranding lately.
Wow! They turned out great. My fingers are a little cold after blocking my cold, wet Icarus shawl. You got a second pair of those lying around? I'm a little jealous and may have to figure out a way for those to end up on my to to-knit-soon list.
Those are gorgeous. Great job.
Beautiful knit. Isn't it satisfying when a project works out so perfectly?
i love them!! I really do like the grey colors, goes with pretty much everything!! sweet work dude!! :-)
Great mitts! I love those colors.
So pretty! I loved knitting the Endpaper mitts too. It's an easy and yet interesting pattern.
Lovely! The subtle colors are fabulous!
Beautiful grayscale! I love how those are so subtle and sophisticated.
I love them!! the grays are so gorgeous together!
They came out great! Congrats on a great first FO of '08 :-)
Nice! I was looking at those as well. Great job.
Those are lovely! I'm glad you had so much fun knitting them.
They look great! I'm on a grey kick myself lately...maybe after all that color overload over the holidays, grey seems like a good palate cleanser.
They are lovely, indeed! I have some yarn waiting to make these... I'll have to do it soon : )
I love them. They're even better in person.
they are just beautiful - I love their subtle nature. I can imagine that they are just perfect to wear too ;)
You're right, if this is any indication for the rest of the year, it is going to be a great one! Love them!
They look beautiful!! Wonderful work!
Had to pop in and say how lovely the turned out! Subtle colours and they look so great in this design!
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