mittens

i have just finished a pair of mittens.
they're made with Rowan's Cork.
i used two strands of wool at a time, to make them
more dense and warm.
I've yet to take them out for a test run.
These aren't gift-mittens, they're for me.
I wanted to make sure that i had good method
going before i made some for anyone else.

the next
Mittens are being knit with
araucania wool.

this is a Slightly verigated
brown/green shade, often dipping over to the darkness of charcoal.
This is my first time to knit with this wool and i really like it. It has
a great woolly texture.
This will definitely be for gift-mittens.
No, not Christmas gifts, not that kind of a deadline.
here's what i've got so far....




i had several mitten centimetres knit up yesterday,
but in spite of my carelful calculations
the cuff turned out to be too small.
So small that i had to take them apart. argh.
so this is the new start of the mittens.