Oregon Morning Mitts

These are the Maine Morning Mitts by Clara Parkes. I've made about six or seven pairs of these so far and each recipient has been pleased with them. Thanks to Felicity for being a hand model!

The pattern is available free on Ravelry.

Any fairly bulky one-ply seems to be working well. Mods: knit the cuff for five inches before beginning the thumb gusset; pick up six sts around the top of the thumb hole; knit the thumb a little longer than suggested; [added: EZ Sewn Casting-off].

Blue Hornet

For my birthday a year ago (October 2007) I asked my sweetie for wool for a sweater I really wanted to make, Janet Szabo's Green Hornet. The wool was eight skeins of turquoise Canadian Regal, a wool I've really come to like. It's warm, hard-wearing, affordable, and rarely pills. I had used it for my circular Aran, and wanted a similarly sturdy, warm winter sweater. A year later, I sewed in the zipper (thanks to Sarah for the suggestion of making it into a cardigan) and have been happily wearing it since. (One goof: Undecided about what color of zipper to do, I bought several in a hurry one night right before the fabric store closed. It was only after sewing it in that I realized I had not purchased a separating zipper! Oof! Oh well. Will fix someday.)




Here's the back:


















These photos were taken last Sunday on our annual Thanksgiving pilgrimage to the Oregon wine country. I have a fondness for rabbits, and found delight in this sign: