Knitting Friendszy

We all know what warm and fuzzy means... so when I started these mittens, I decided that would be the perfect name for them.  In a previous post  Cabled Headband for Deb        you can see the beautiful headband. I wanted her to have the mittens to match. I had originally bought the softer of the two yarns, to make a cowl. But, after seeing the fuzziness coming off on my black pants, I realized that it would make a mess on a dark sweater. Deb wears a lot of darks, so I knew that would be an issue. Mittens to the rescue! Love how they turned out!  The  pattern  I used was:   Classic Mittens This pattern includes both straight needles and circular/dpn patterns.  It's an old favorite, and I use it almost all the time. I used both the shiny and the soft yarn together, which made very tightly knitted stitches. It became a little difficult with the bamboo needles, (size 4 US), and they actually warped a bit from the tens...

Those that know me, know how much I love pinks and purples. When I shop, I am automatically drawn to those colors. That goes for yarn too... will always go for those first. After color, the next is texture, and I love to touch the yarn and let my imagination run wild. All kinds of possibilities! Christmas day I decided to whip up a little something for a special little girl.  Here she is modeling for me.. you can't get cuter than that!!  The Mittens The Model Love how they turned out!  The  pattern  I used was:   Classic Mittens This pattern includes both straight needles and circular/dpn patterns.  It's an old favorite, and I use it almost all the time. I use worsted weight yarn for these. *********************** © Louise Cunningham 2014   ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  Please ask for written permission before using any photos, text or content from this blog/site.  The use of concep...

Since I have been away for so long, here are some of my favorites knits! Mittens: This is my friends daughter. I thought she would like a little pink and yellow!  Love how they turned out!  The pattern I used was:   Classic Mittens This pattern includes both straight needles and circular/dpn patterns.  It's an old favorite, and I use it almost all the time. I use worsted weight yarn for these. Another variation of the same pattern above. This time in my running team colors! These are my last winter's pair, I have run with these on my hands many a time. Warm enough that my fingers don't go numb, but they allow a little airflow so my hands don't get too hot. As of right now, they are missing! :(  Hopefully I will find them soon, as they are my favorites! These were knit with Vanna White's yarn. LOVE that yarn! It has a beautiful sheen to it.  ************************* Another great pattern that I u...

Welcome back to me! I have been absent from my knitting for over two years now. I took up running, and racing, and thus all my time and energy has been spent doing that. Right now, I am finding myself with a few extra minutes per day, and since winter has set in here in Maine, I decided it was time to do a fresh new look to the blog and start posting about something other than my running for a change. Thus... Knitting Friendszy was reborn! Today I finished a pair of mittens for a dear friend of mine. I wanted to do something for her. Many doors and opportunities in the running world have come my way because of her, and I will always be grateful.  I decided to try and whip up a pattern of my own. I looked at numerous patterns for mittens that I had been using, and decided to blend them together to create something that would work for me and be easy to use. I struggled with giving this pattern a name, but decided on "Winter Wonder Driving Mittens". I wanted to knit some mi...