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Snazzy protection from winter winds.

Materials: One skein Mountain Colors Weaver's Wool in Thunderhead. One skein JaggerSpun Heather Edelweiss. Pattern: Anemoi Mittens by Eunny.

Time: A couple of months?

Cost: $25.

I've gotten a lot of wear out of my Selbu Mittens, and even when I made those I'd been thinking about making another pair using a variegated yarn as one of the colors. When the Anemoi Mittens emerged, I was smitten. Even though I like the subtle earth-toned thing, I immediately decided that I wanted to take advantage of Mountain Colors' fabulously subtle color selection -- the color changes aren't so dramatic that they'd detract from the pattern. And so, I eagerly begun a new project.

I've done charted colorwork before, so the only thing that really threw me off here was the sizing. For starters, there's often some discrepancy between the more precise metric needle measurements given in the pattern and their translation into US sizes, and my first attempts were way too snug, despite having taken fairly careful knuckle measurements. I think that I'm also used to fairly loose mittens (like my Selbus). So, for once in my life, I -- the knitter who normally has to go down two needle sizes from the recommended -- actually had to size up! Fortunately, the yarn was thick enough for this not to be a problem. I also used the KnitPicks Chart Keeper for this pattern with great success -- there are lots of little rows to keep track of. I did, however, knit most of these while watching Cyclism Sundays.

Did I mention that they fit wonderfully? And they're pretty?

Pretty? They're gorgeous! The subtle colour variegation is wonderful. Gives the impression of snow gusts against the night sky. Good job.