Big Giant Manly Mitts

Ta Da!

I finally finished The Mittens, after several starts and re-starts.

I'd link you to a pattern, but I changed SO many things that they really aren't at all like the pattern I "used" ... maybe if I'm quick about it I could re-write what I did, if I haven't forgotten. Ha ha ha!!!!

I have to say that I really liked the two-at-once-on-two-circulars approach. I am wondering if I can/should transfer my one poor 1/3 done sock to a circ, knit up a 2nd 1/3 done sock, and then continue them together. Hm. Not sure if that would be more work or less, but I loved knowing when to switch them together, and knowing they'd be the same.

I'm not a big fan of pointy-tipped mittens. It seems to be trendy these days, at least many of the patterns had them. Somehow I thought I would avoid them if I switched from knitting two rounds between decreases to knitting one round between, and then kitchnering up the end. But apparently that's what makes the pointy tips. I guess. I don't know. Anyway, meh. I ended up pulling in the tips a little to reduce the pointy look. If I had to do it over, I'd do it differently. But they're done, so there.

Don't they look HUGE?!?!?!?

But I have puny little girly hands. And I used The Grand Lunar as my hand model, since he also has Big Manly Hands, and they fit him, so ... phew.

Next up in the knitting world ... um ... back to the sock(s) ?