FO 16: Fraternal Fetching mitts

I made a pair of Fetching mitts to coordinate with my MIL’s Noro striped scarf (FO 14), using about half a skein for each of them. Rather than trying to stripe the mitts, I simply made one out of each of the two colorways, so they will match the scarf, bot not each other, really. Of course, if my MIL wears them as a set (scarf and mitts), she’ll have an easier time explaining the mismatch to her friends and acquaintances.

Here’s a picture of the half-finished mitts, taken Sunday when I put them down for the day. (I had cast them on Friday night, on my lunch break, but otherwise not done anything on them.)

Check it out:

Not quite twins, but I like them!

You no doubt have noted that both mitts are on the same circular simultaneously. I do like to get a project involving pairs done with as little chance of SSS (or, in this case, SMS) as possible. It was a bit fiddly getting them joined to work in the round, requiring stitches being slipped to holders, but it was worth it. I even remembered to do the cables in opposite directions from one mitt to the other, as the pattern states, although I did debate just using the C4F (cable 4 forward) on both mitts, ’cause I strongly dislike doing the C4B. It’s awkward as hell.

Today, I popped in the first DVD in the season-one set of Sanctuary** (as I’ve never watched that season and want to get caught up on it before I watch any more of season two) and watched the first three episodes. I really enjoyed them and had wonderful entertainment while I finished the mitts.

Here’s the result, pre-washing and -blocking, of course:

No one will mistake these for their store-bought mitts, now will they?

When the scarf and mitts are blocked, I’ll take a pic of the set and post it.

And I still have almost half a skein of each of the Noro yarns… might just have to make a coordinating hat. Hmmm, what pattern to use?

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The cats weren’t too impressed with my genius. (Shocking, right?)

Here was Chewie’s reaction:

"Yeah, mom, whatever."

Oh, well, what did I expect from a creature who likes to sleep with his head on the BC13’s smelly sneaker?

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** A big THANK YOU to my coworker Mark for letting me borrow his DVD set.

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[Updated to add: So I've been thinking about the timeline for the mitts as I relayed it above and I think I missed a knitting session on Saturday night, which would mean that, aside from the initial casting on, I knit them over 3 sessions, not 2. Don't hold me to that, though, as I am clearly unreliable on the matter.]