The Revival of the Newfie Mitten

I spontaneously bought a skein of wild green hand-dyed dk weight superwash wool from Kata last Friday night, and I spent all day Saturday cruising Ravelry for a mitten pattern that would showcase it best. Just as fatigue was settling in and I was about to give up my search, it dawned on me that I had the perfect pattern at my fingertips – the flippin’ Newfie Mittens!!! Instead of using two colours, I would just use the wild green. El loves the mittens and has claimed them most willingly. That was the quickest and funnest knit ever! Just sayin’.

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Oh, and as for that wool, there's no more of that wild green, but you can see Kata's other equally fabulous hand-dyed skeins in her etsy shop!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is such a happy green! I wish Australia get cold enough in winter to wear mittens. Those look great!

c.Rachel said...

Looks great! Need to knit [try to at least] a mitten this year.

OzB said...

Totally awesome N :-) Glad that Ella loved them.

Kata is so talented. I love the skein of sock yarn I bought from her!

Unknown said...

Fun reading obout your fun knit! Great wild green. Mitt is gorgeous.

knitty_kat said...

What a talented Mum that E chick has!

Debbie said...

Oh! I love them! and the fabulous green!

:-D

Anonymous said...

oooooohhhh these are sooo gorgeous! and i love the green too! I WANT! I WANT!!! :D

kataish said...

Hello dear, they look fantastic! Lovelovelove them. :D

Lupie said...

Such a beautiful design!
You are the reason I wanted to start the Lessern Known Skeins.

Katherine said...

Where have I been? Love those mittens and I need to go queue them immediately. : )

Montreal Mama said...

Love those Newfie mittens! They are awesome!!

Unknown said...

Dumb question.. When you knit these mitts with the double pointed needles, do you use all 4 of them. The pattern I am using says to knit in the round for the cuff, but I am not sure how I do this. Thanks, Karen

Anonymous said...

This Canuck says.." No you don't!"