Winter is still not here, but it is time for preparations! I wanted to dedicate November for knitting mittens, and this is my first pair; almost done! I wanted to use a lifted stitches technique (trellis type) but ran into some difficulties… Increasing for the thumb is not easy to do when you want to keep the structure, and I had to skip several of the lifted stitches to make it work.
It is ok for this pair, but I need to figure out how I can do it more nicely! And it is the first time I make a thumb in the side “seam” and not in front of the mitten. It is actually quite comfortable and then the mittens have identical shapes (and not mirrored). The yarn selected for these mittens is quite exclusive; it is a silk and merino blend from SweetGeorgia yarns. It has a beautiful blue colour and the small variations works pretty nice with this structural effect!
My Knitting Almanac 
They look so tactile, and very cosy.
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Thank you! And tactile is a good word for these mittens đŸ™‚
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I love the color and the texture đŸ™‚
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Thank you Tina!
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This is a great stitch pattern; it’s interesting to the eye and I like how these mitts look warm but are not too bulky where you’re able to grab and hold onto things fine.
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Thanks! That was the plan! But they turned out a bit wider than expected, so I will make a more “fitted” variant next!
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That blue is so beautifully intense and I love that stitch pattern!
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Thank you; its a stich type from a sock pattern from the fifties!
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I love this new-to-me stitch pattern!
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It is very fun to knit; get a bit addicted actually! Will write instructions (if I manage to write up the pattern đŸ™‚ )
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