Annemor #16
I finished my Annemor #16 mittens from the Selbuvotter book and I love them!
This is my first stranded colorwork and once I got going I really enjoyed it. My only advice is to keep those floats loose. If you think they are loose enough then make them even looser.
The yarn is nothing special, just some Plymouth DK weight that I had lying around. Next time I’ll use a better quality yarn but these are washable and that’s a bonus since there’s a lot of white.
My favorite part is the back of the thumb. I just love the way the palm pattern continues there. Quite clever, that.
The entertainment factor definitely made these go fast – I finished the pair in exactly one week. And I can’t say enough about how wonderful this book is. Thank you, Jan, for recommending it. Allow me to now recommend it to all of you.
C’mon. You know you want mittens like this, too.
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I do want mittens like that!
Ooh, I was just looking at this pattern the other night. I so want to make every single pattern in the book.
Your mittens are wonderful, Carole! Don’t you think the Selbuvotter book presents these seemingly difficult patterns in a very approachable way?
I’m neck deep in Christmas prep but can’t wait to get back to my mitten knitting. Soon!
Again, your mittens are just lovely!
…and thanks for the mention! I’m happy to spread the word on this book. 🙂
Those are beautiful! I can’t believe it is your first colorwork!
Gorgeous – and at least a year or two ahead of my current skill level. Nice job!
Nice job! I had been reading her blog and pre-ordered it – it’s a fantastic book and I can’t wait to knit something from it.
Those mittens are making my Mittenitis worse, you know. They’re gorgeous.
Great job on the mitts. They are gorgeous!
Now that I have had some success at colorwork mittens I do plan on a pair or two out of that book. It’s a treasure. Adrian (Hello Yarn) linked to the errata yesterday, too.
Your mitten is perfect! Good work for your first time out and thanks so much for the advice;-)
Me thinks there will be a package under the tree that says “To Deb, From Deb”. I’m working on “Bird in the Hand” right now and loving those as well!
i love that book! (running to look at stash for a pair of mittens!)
Wow, those really are pretty and yes, I DO want mittens like that!
Beautiful!
Gorgeous! Do you find the floats catching on your rings when you put them and take them off?
They look great — love the red and white combo. And thank you for the book recommendation,
Beautiful mittens!! I just love red and white. I’ll be checking out that book.
Beautiful mittens! Selbuvotter are calling my name (and I don’t even speak Norwegian).
They’re lovely! But I would have coffee stains on them in about 2 minutes.
(jaw on the floor) WOW…you are such a master knitter! They’re fabulous!
Gorgeous! And yes, I do want mittens like this. How do the floats feel when being worn?
Yep, I do want some like that!! wow, they are gorgeous~ I love stranded knitting. Can’t wait for another color project 😉
Those are so cute! I’m currently on my first ever pair of mittens, and I think they’re my new favorite thing to knit. Mittens for everyone!
Wow, they are so pretty! Colorwork serious scares me, but its obviously well worth trying if I could do something like that!
I already have that book and your mittens are lovely, making me want to drop everything and cast on. Or would that be my ADD?
VERY nice!! I am so bad at stranded knitting, but I am going to try again this winter 🙂
I just need to stop reading your blog, my queue is getting ever so long just from this site 🙂
KIDDING! Keep it up, I can queue it up as much as I darn well please 😉
Thos mittens are gorgeous. And yes, I would give it a try if I had you here to coach me!
Great job on your mittens! They’re wonderful.
Carole, they are just beautiful!!!! I am thinking that 2008 will be the year of the Fair Isle Journey!!
I do, I do, those came out so nice!
Those really are cool. I love details like the continuation of the thumb pattern.
Those are incredible! Can’t believe that’s your first colorwork.
Beautiful work. I love red and white for these; I ought to make some myself! and thanks for the plug. 🙂
Beautiful!
They are beautiful! I love the red and white.
I DO want mittens like that! I was digging around in the stash last night to cast on some colorwork mittens and can you believe it – I don’t have any suitable yarn! Seriously.
Oh Carole! They are SO pretty! And they match your new room! 🙂
I love that book. There’s a pair of children’s mittens with ravens (?) on them that I want to knit with thicker yarn, so they will fit me. 🙂
I would love mittens like that! I like the colors you chose..very traditional. I think that was the problem with my color work..it was lose “enough” but still seemed really tight on my hand.
I DO want mittens like that! They are just amazing! I’m doing colorwork this year if it kills me!
I just had that book in my lap yesterday… contemplating what to make. Great job, Carole, your mittens are gorgeous!
The colors are nice and bright. And they match your new studio!!!
I thought it might become addicting for you… 😉
I have that book on my Christmas list. I hope Santa brings it, because OH BOY those are pretty.
Yes, I have to admit, that I really do want ones just like that. Gorgeous!
These are so great!
Fabulous! I really MUST buy that book. Every pattern that I see knit up is gorgeous.
They are gorgeous Carole!
You fabulous mitten knittin’ goddess!
Terrific! How proud you should be!
(((hugs)))
those are gorgeous! i love them!
i need to work on my colorwork. i’m a tight knitter anyways so it’s a learning process for me. 🙂