domo-kun... peekaboo

It's March. So the obvious answer about what to knit would be ......mittens?

Actually, I started knitting mittens back in November. See the pile? This doesn't include all the ones I frogged. *_*


But I've finally got a pair of functional mittens!

Yarn: Paton's classic merino
Pattern: Magknit's Peekaboo Mittens
Needles: 3.5mm and 3mm
Modifications: used mock cable rib for the cuff. and used duplicate stitch for domo-kun's face; did the charting myself. I also made the bottom flap of the finger holes a bit longer so that it overlapped and the hole didn't let all the cold air in.

So, from basic brown mittens


to something a little different


:D

x-posted to punk_knitters

new knitty

i've never seen the allure of sock knitting. seriously. why go through all that trouble when you can get the store bought version. and people only see a glimpse of your ankle anyways.

okay, but until today. and then i saw bmp! like, seriously?? space invader socks?? that'd be so fucking cool. i may become a sock knitter after all.

i like carolyn too. i dont know, it's just a striped cardigan. but it looks cute. i love lime green, but it looks really really bad on me. So I'm thinking maybe boysenberry with blue vista as the cc. i worry that i'll die of boredom, all that stockinette. i know it was sooooo frustrating to do the back panel of the punk rock backpack which i still haven't finished.
here's the colours page. i rarely use the recommended wool. and with shipping costing $9, it's unlikely i'll start. i sure hope beehive's got something similar.

torque is cute too. but a sweater is a pretty big undertaking at my speed of knitting. i'd want a bulky yarn. maybe slightly variagated.

ok not just socks, but what's up with all these arm warmer patterns?? it's my fingers that get cold, not my wrists. finn hates mittens though. i might tackle a pair of dashing for him. i'd probably need to do it in lace-weight if i wanted to do more than one cable repeat though.