Materials: 2 skeins Knit Picks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 1 in White and 1 in Pimento. Size 1 needles. Pattern: Snowbird, originally from the Fall 2008 issue of Vogue Knitting.

Time: Three weeks.

Cost: $4!

I love these mittens. I’m not a big fan of Vogue Knitting in general, but the Fall 2008 issue certainly did have some winners in it.

The only changes that I made to the pattern were to fudge the thumb decreases a bit – I had too many stitches on the needles – and to change the cuff ribbing to a 2×1 pattern. There are a lot of looong color floats here, so I took the time to figure out how to wrap my stitches properly (which is quite convenient when done correctly). Unfortunately, I also did the nearly-impossible and stranded the second mitten a little too loosely, so it took a bit of post-blocking tugging to sort everything out. Now, however, I can’t wait to wear them.

That ought to happen immediately, given how unseasonably warm this January has been. Stranded fingering-weight mittens aren’t suitable for weather substantially below freezing, but they sure do look cute and shove into a coat pocket easily.

Also, I’m pretty sure that I could use the palm pattern to hypnotize strangers on the metro.

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