two > one

Monday, February 8th, 2010 | accessories, design, finished object, knitting

All the SG-1 love is awesome! I mean, it certainly stayed on the air for ten seasons for a reason, but still. That 200th episode? Hi-larious. I’m alllmost tempted to go back through for a handful of favourite episodes, but I might wait on that a while.

Anyway, finally off the needles are the DK-weight mittens I wrote about awhile back. I actually colour corrected these photos so you can see the proper colours – a great plum and a neutral beige. I used Tanis Yellow Line DK weight for these, less than half a skein of each colour!

I knit the outer mittens really fast, as stranded colourwork often is. Then I had the whole ripping and reknitting of the linings a bunch of times. Then I stalled out on the thumbs – they were done except for the lining thumbs for ages before I finally picked them up again this weekend. And you know what? They definitely weren’t as bad as I thought they were going to be, although I did need to change to double points when the magic loop just wasn’t working for me.

As for the cursed lining, the frustration was totally worth it. Double thick mittens lined in cashmere? Yes please. And I only used 15g of laceweight cashmere for the linings! And just in time for a forecasted snowy week.

29 Comments to two > one

Maryse
February 8, 2010

These mittens are awesome! I’m tempted to say simple and beautiful, but since I’ve never done colorwork, I would not use the word simple yet They also look really warm and comfy! Great pattern once again! Congratulations!

Rachel
February 8, 2010

I have yet to line mittens, but I might try it just to wrap my hands in cashmere. They look lovely.

April
February 8, 2010

I love the pattern and the colors. Congrats on getting an awesome cashmere lining.

Jocelyn
February 8, 2010

I totally missed your comment on the last post about SG1. Self-confessed SG1 fan here! I miss, love, miss that show so much. Good thing I have the entire box set plus Stargate Atlantis and now eagerly awaiting the return of SGU on TV.

Cool mitten btw. You do colourwork very well!

Monique
February 8, 2010

Great job on the gloves! Nice pics also.

Sarah
February 9, 2010

Totally awesome mittens – beautiful to look at and such an inspired idea to knit a lining in cashmere

Martha
February 9, 2010

They are absloutely gorgeous. Perfect.
♥

Rose
February 9, 2010

They are gorgeous! I’ve been wanting to try lined mittens for my daughters who live in colder climates than me, but no colorwork for me yet.

Ivana
February 9, 2010

They came out amazing! Are they your pattern?
Oh and is that I-cord edging I see? Heeheee…

Chantal B
February 9, 2010

I love those mittens… They look so difficult to knit though. You have my admiration madame!

Brenda
February 9, 2010

Wow, those mittens need to be on my hands right now. Beautiful.

Rebekah
February 9, 2010

Total Stargate fan here myself! I missed it to your last post, I’m going to have to go back. I watch SG-1 and Atlantis constantly. Its my want to knit, want to watch something entertaining I know and don’t have to pay a ton of attention to show. I even have Stargate coasters. I’m a geek. I know.

Birgitte
February 9, 2010

They are beautiful!

Clumsy Knitter
February 9, 2010

Those mittens are so unbelievably cute! Love them! I’m feeling the overwhelming urge to make a pair for myself, and I don’t even live in a climate that necessitates mittens!

SnowCat MacDobran
February 9, 2010

Pattern?

Seanna Lea
February 9, 2010

OK, I think I need to line my mittens in laceweight cashmere. I might even have some from Rheinbeck years past. It sounds wonderfully decadent and warm!

jackie
February 9, 2010

Great job on the Mittens, love them!

jackie
February 9, 2010

love the mittens

Jane
February 9, 2010

Those are amazing. I need to crack open my Fiddlehead mitten kit soon.

(Also: I am out of hibernation, and coming to knit night tomorrow if it kills me.)

knittingoutloud
February 10, 2010

Stunningly beautiful mittens!

Kate
February 10, 2010

Those are amazing! Wow. Want!

Anna
February 10, 2010

Hee – I do love Stargate… Reading this has made me want to go back and rewatch it too!

Gorgeous mittens as well!

Debbie
February 10, 2010

I love these!

Rocky
February 11, 2010

Those are pretty, is there a pattern name?

Cassy
February 12, 2010

Very very lovely colors! Those look like great mittens! Will you be publishing this?

Abby C.
February 12, 2010

Beautiful mittens! I seriously reiterate that you should give Farscape a try – the 200th SG-1 episode was a Farscape satire! It’s got some of the same actors as well – Lt. Col. Mitchell on SG-1 and the main character on Farscape, astronaut John Crichton, are played by the same actor.