Fingerless garter mitts

I am still very behind in posting about FOs. Here's one from a while back.

Fingerless garter mitts

Date:
May 18th - July 14th, 2007
Yarn:
Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino in colorway p115
Needles:
Addi Turbo 32" circulars in US#1

Pattern:
Fingerless garter mitts from One Skein by Leigh Radford

The story:

I loved knitting these. My friend Elizabeth recommended them and said she liked red, so after some shopping I decided to try KPPPM. This was my first time knitting with Koigu and I fell in love big time. I got most of the knitting done during a trip to Virginia and shortly after, but I didn't want the project to end, so I put it aside and completed the knitting a few weeks later, and the finishing a few weeks after that.

The pattern was super easy, with the dropped stitches (my first experience with these too) adding some interest, but, as I said, I never thought that garter stitch would be so enjoyable and look so good. This yarn really is such a pleasure to knit with, and as you know, I am just starting a baby blanket as my next KPPPM project.

The pattern really does use only one skein of KPPPM so it's a great project for quick gift knitting and for trying out different Koigu colorways. As you know, there are so many and they are all so pretty!

In progress shots:

Finished project:

Flickr set is here.

Comments

[Laurie]

Those are pretty darned cute mitts! And the colors are beautiful, too.

I'll bet you'll be making more of those for the holidays.

[Alice]

Really pretty! I like how the drop stitches add interest. For some reason I overlooked this pattern in the book but yours are fantastic!

[michele]

i love that you got the stripes going up and down the arms/hands instead of around.