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elizabeth_mn ([personal profile] elizabeth_mn) wrote2007-11-12 08:52 am
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Yay! They're done!

I have achieved mittens!

pinkmitten018.jpg pink mittens finished 1 picture by ashamanjababu pinkmitten013.jpg pink mittens finished and hat picture by ashamanjababu

After all these years, I've finally managed to make a pair of mittens! Yay, my first mittens!

It's very odd, somewhere in the process of my last few knitted articles, I've actually started to enjoy knitting. I never thought that would happen! I've always considered knitting to be a means to an end: I need a hat, so I had better knit one. But I've really been enjoying the process this time. So much that after I finished these, I started another pair of mittens for my honeybunny, in bright red wool.

AND, I've also decided I'm going to start a sweater. It's pretty scary to me, but I bought a pattern and yarn and when I am done with the HB's red mittens, I'm going to start swatching.

This is the pattern I'm using.  It's a bolero, so it won't take quite as long as a full sweater, and it's bulky weight, too.  I went to my new favorite fiber shop, 3 Kittens, and bought yarn yesterday.

I think I've decided that I am a 'real' knitter now.  Ha!

[identity profile] cosmoblue15.livejournal.com 2007-11-13 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking about doing a garter stitch since I don't want the scarf to roll.

[identity profile] ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com 2007-11-13 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good; I was going to warn you about the rolling - I had to figure that one out myself.