I wanted to make a small gift, and I figured that some fingerless mittens might be fun. Ravelry provided a fair amount of options and I settled on
Houndstooth Handwarmers by Ellen Gill. With favourite colours being blue and orange, I first thought of making them in those shades. However, I couldn’t bring myself to do it because it would be a bit much. So I added white instead.
The white was leftovers from my striped sweater, and the blue was self-dyed DK weight merino yarn. The houndstooth pattern isn’t too hard to do, but it did mean I had to continually check the instructions. There are four rows that repeat, and I chose to do them mirrored for one of the mitts as suggested by the pattern. The mittens benefitted from blocking a lot, as the houndstooth is a lot less lumpy now. All in all, decent pattern, and fun knit. I’m happy to report that the recipient enjoyed them.
