A small scale project sometimes helps to get the juices flowing and I find this especially true when it comes to knitting. It allows my hands to rediscover the rhythm and my days to accommodate the quiet sitting time that knitting requires.
So a gentle start to the knitting year using this pattern and some Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a colourway bright enough to banish any hint of winter blahs. Johnny is helpfully posed so as to hide the mismatched bit where my single skein failed to yield any matching colour for the remaining thumb. And I am sure you will be good enough to ignore the laddering in the purl rounds where try as I might to adjust my tension, the transfer from one DPN to the next shows.
Because it seemed important just to begin (and finish) something and to get going. I don't think I have any grand plans for this year - just to use the time given to me well and to enjoy the ride.
I just spotted your mittens on Ravelry. So fab! And I think that sounds like the best resolution of all...
K x
Posted by: kristina | 03 January 2011 at 13:05
Those are such very cheerful mittens, a very happy start to the year and you resolution seems most wise.
Posted by: Rebecca | 03 January 2011 at 13:31
A very welcome splash of colour to see in the new year!
Posted by: simone | 03 January 2011 at 13:46
Love the brightness - perfect for a grey day
Su
Posted by: Su | 03 January 2011 at 16:05
That really is a splash of colour, they're wonderful! Happy New Year.
Posted by: harmony and rosie | 03 January 2011 at 17:07
OK, I'm sure that seeing colours transitioning through the rainbow like that, whether on these gorgeous mitts, in the sky or in my boxes of gemstones does something good to the brain.
These look so cosy and soft.
Posted by: Emma | 03 January 2011 at 17:17
Best new year's resolution ever, and great mittens, matching thumb or not!
Posted by: greetingarts | 03 January 2011 at 17:50
Oh, so cute! I have been wearing my new mittens with the bizarre ends all day (I HATE kitchener stitch. I mess it up every freaking time).
I'm afraid I cheat hugely with any knitting on the round - every time I switch between needles I put one extra stitch across so I'm never in sync with the stitch count on each needle but I don't have ladders.
Though let's not talk about my ability to cope with tension, OK? In wool or in real life ...
Posted by: dottycookie | 03 January 2011 at 17:59
What cheerful mittens! They'd cut straight through any dark and gloomy winter's day.
I have problems with ladders, too, when I knit socks. I'm interested in dottycookie's approach (above). I didn't know there was a cure!
Happy New Year!
xofrances
Posted by: frances | 03 January 2011 at 18:36
Oh what fun - love the colours! I'm not a knitter so am in awe of your achievement regardless of ladders and mismatched thumbs!
Posted by: domestikate | 03 January 2011 at 19:58
these would certainly brighten up the super snowy winter we've been having. i've been looking for a mitten pattern and these just look too cozy to pass up. thanks for the links and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! xx
Posted by: kristin | 03 January 2011 at 21:44
very happy hands!!!
Are they for you? love them. Definitively needed in this dreary grey weather...
sigh. We had snow again today.... urgh.
Posted by: Monica | 03 January 2011 at 22:10
Wow, these are utterly fabulous! They make me feel warm just looking at them!
Blue Skies
Charlotte xo
Posted by: Charlotte | 03 January 2011 at 22:41
Very cute mittens!
Posted by: Kate | 03 January 2011 at 22:49
how very cheerful they look! and cozy. Nice job :)
Posted by: wendy | 04 January 2011 at 02:06
Such a cheerful post, it lifts the spirits.
Who cares how fantastically well something turns out, if it is a hobby and something you have enjoyed doing.
A great New Years thought as well!
Posted by: yvonne | 04 January 2011 at 11:15
oh snap! I have an almost identical plan which similarly involves knitting brightly stripy mittens :)
Happy new year!
Posted by: mooncalf | 04 January 2011 at 12:35
Lovely rainbow colours. Knitting is such a contemplative activity. Laura x
Posted by: nimblefingersandsteadyeyebrows | 04 January 2011 at 19:16
beautiful rainbow mittens! here's to a happy new year for you and your family. x
Posted by: melissa | 04 January 2011 at 22:34
I have a skein of that very yarn.
Those are so fab that I just might be tempted to ignore my fear of double-pointed needles (and, basically, anything harder than garter stitch) and try that pattern.
In, say, 2012...
Posted by: Lynn | 05 January 2011 at 00:01
Happy new year!
These look fab! Know what you mean about dpns and that gap, I can never do it properly! Which is probably why I started some mittens last spring and never got round to finishing them...!
Posted by: Petit Filoux | 05 January 2011 at 09:24
What a wonderful splash of colour! I love the rainbow shades of your mittens - perfect for wearing on grey wintry days. Wishing you a Happy New Year. Helen x
Posted by: Helen | 05 January 2011 at 13:35
I love those mittens and have added them to my Ravelry faves! Lucy x
Posted by: lucylocket | 06 January 2011 at 16:45
Fantastic colours! Very, very cheerful...
Posted by: Floss | 06 January 2011 at 18:24
I'm quickly scrolling down so that my daughter doesn't catch sight of those and get any ideas about having a pair...
You know that we would never have noticed any ladders or such if you had not mentioned them, right?
Posted by: UK lass in US | 06 January 2011 at 22:38
Wonderful mittens!
Posted by: Nilla | 11 January 2011 at 12:53
LOVE, love them!!! Keeping ya warm & happy!
Posted by: Gina | 22 January 2011 at 21:37