Last week Audrey asked for mittens attached with a string so she won’t lose them. Lucky for her I was at a point in my WIPs where I wanted to throw them out the window. I made Thick and Quick Álafosslopi Mittens from Sand & Sky Creations. The yarn is 3 ply chunky Polypay from Long Way Homestead. Audrey dyed the yarn with Kool Aid last March.
These mittens will be great for playing in the snow. They are knit at a very tight gauge (you know, the kind that makes your hands hurt a little bit). The yarn feels like the sort of yarn Ma Ingalls would use to make mittens for Laura: not super soft, but will stand up to anything.
What do you knit when you need a break from your current projects?
mildlygranola 
Cool mitts there! My current palette cleanser is socks or charity hats.
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Hats are a good palette cleanser.
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Nice mitts! The string idea is a good idea! I switch to crochet when I need a break from knitting 🙂
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I crocheted the string. That’s about as much crochet as I can do.
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Socks, I guess. But now I want to make myself some Ma Ingalls mittens. I often think of the red mittens she knit for Laura one Christmas. At least I think I read that in a book once. 🤷♀️
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I think that happens in Little House in the Big Woods. I’ll have to go back and check.
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Also treats made with white sugar.
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With so many items to knit in my queue, I just pick up another one!
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And I downloaded the mitten pattern, for future reference…
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Those are great mitts! I usually try to keep more than one thing on the go at once for that very reason 🙂
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