Fingerless Mittens!

Pretty much my favorite project to work up is fingerless mittens. I'm working on a pair for someone for Christmas, and they're intensely color-worked, which makes them not very relaxing to work on. And I know that I always need a relaxing project to work on, so I made one up. It's another pair of fingerless mittens - they may turn into a Christmas present - and given that I'm not working off a pattern, I'm very pleased with how they are turning out!

I'm working on size 7 needles with the same Elsebeth Lavold yarn from the Bandana Cowl in the green, and some yarn from my stash for the grey. The grey yarn is the Yarn Bee's Andes Alpaca in fog. It's an acrylic and alpaca blend. Very, very soft. I cast on 36 stitches, and knit 3 rows of garter stitch before I started the striping. The striping is patterned 3 rows green, two rows grey.

This pattern has been great for working on jog-less stripes. The photo above is actually centered on my join, and you can't really tell unless you look hard for it. In fact, the easiest way to find the join is to look at the single row of grey. That's where I made my mistake, and accidentally took out the one grey stitch instead of making it a jog-less stripe. Regardless, I'm very pleased with my stripes! They look so even! What a miracle!

I also made up the thumb bit. I was aiming for the cable cast on, but I didn't feel like finding the book I learned it in, so I just sorta made it happen. I didn't make the thumb as deep as I usually do, but I think it'll work fine! 

Thanks for reading! Good luck with your holiday knitting!