Endpaper Mitts
I’m rushing around today, trying to get things together before we leave for the holiday. Somehow I’m behind on just about everything right now, eep! We’re off to Denver for a week to visit Rob’s brother and family, so here’s a drive-by FO post before we leave.
Pattern: Endpaper Mitts, by Eunny Jang.
Yarn: Brooks Farm Acero (the dark blue), Hand Jive Nature’s Palette in Odd Duck #4.
In short, I love my Endpapers! They’ll be perfect for winter in Houston and my why-is-the-vent-blowing-on-me office. Yay!
The pattern is straightforward, although a bit thoroughly charted - the pattern repeat is the rightmost 10 stitches of the chart. I find a 10 stitch pattern easier to follow than a 27-stitch mass of blocks, and I pretty much had it memorized by the end. Since I knit tightly, I went up a needle size for both the ribbing and the pattern.
The one problem I had with the pattern was the Italian Tubular cast on. I used this tutorial (perfect!), but it was coming out loosey goosey. I consulted my Montse Stanley book for alternate tubular cast ons, and she suggested that the Italian cast on should be worked on smaller needles. That did the trick! It still flares a bit, but you can’t tell when the mitts are on.
The yarns are, in a word, awesome! If I were buying yarn (I’m still technically dieting until the end of the year), I would rush back to the yarn store and buy more of the Nature’s Palette yarn in that same colorway, I love it to bits. I think the colors work very well together and they’re definitely a “me” color scheme. The Acero is shiny, thanks to the undyed silk, and looks great with the matte Nature’s Palette.
The photo above is perfectly true to color. One issue is that the Acero variegates ever so slightly to a lighter teal, and it’s almost the same color as the Nature’s Palette in some places. It almost looks like I made a chart error, but I swear it’s the yarn, not the knitter!
Knitting these mitts has definitely improved my continental knitting. I still knit much looser in continental than english-style, so you can tell that my light blue stitches are pretty elongated. I’d also say that my floats are too long - I was being very careful not to knit too tightly around the DPN joins, and I think I overcompensated.
Endpaper Mitts say peekaboo! Ok, I’m off, have a good turkey day (or tofurkey day, or plain old Thursday)!
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so pretty! but they’re not purple! :D
Ha, mai beat me: not purple! gasp! :)
I love them (and your cute shirt!) — they’re really fantastic. I had the same “issue” with the charts — I don’t need the whole thing charted, though I know Eunny really likes to chart the whole thing (have you seen the charts for the deep v argyle vest? heh).
Love these! I saw them on Fickr. This is a drive by comment too. Must pack, must pack.
Happy Thanksgiving!
omg i love your hair with the bangs! and the mitts, too, of course
Perfect colors! The slight contract between the refelction of the yarn and the not-quite-blendiness is so pretty!
They are gorgeous! The colors are perfect.
Am I the only one who finds it amusing that you’re wearing mitts and a short-sleeved shirt?
Great mitts! I really love the color combo! They’ll be perfect this weekend since we’re supposed to get snow! where in denver will you be? big yarn sale starting friday at the recycled lamb, which is west of denver in lakewood….
Those look great!
Beautiful! I think I have to make myself a pair of these. I have enough Acero for a sweater (!!) in the stash, so it was nice to read a bit of a review.
Great hair, too, by the way!
Those look great! Excellent job. I’m a big fan of the colors you picked, too.
OMG, those are GREAT! Must! Make! Endpaper Mitts! NOW!
They are GORGEOUS! And your photos are too. You look very cute playing peek a boo;-)
I am shortly to become a member of the full time workforce so anticipate seeing you again at thursday night SNB.
Have a great trip!
Those are gorgeous.
One of these days I’m going to get around to making myself a pair….
Love em. I never would have expected that color combination to yield such good definition… they look great.
They’re perfect! I think I need to make myself a pair for my Frigidaire of an office too.
Love the colors in you Endpaper mitts! Great Job! Your shirt is cute too.
They are gorgeous! love, love that color combo - great choice!! Thanks for the tip on the smaller needles for the tubular cast on :) Enjoy!!
Wow I love the color combo! Very classic! I just finished some myself and they are perfect for slightly cold weather. Have fun on your turkey day!
Beautiful!! look at those colors! I love them.
Lovely mitts!
They turned out great - way to go. I actually really like the way the two yarn colours almost blend in spots.
I think you did just fine!
These are so beautiful! I really love your color combo!
oooh pretty
Fabulous! I love the colors you chose. Have a good trip!
Endpaper Mitts FTW!!! :) Really pretty.
Have a great trip and an even better holiday!
nice! they are so beautiful and the colours are great together.
Those are gorgeous! Love the color combination.
Wow, pretty! And also, best pictures of mittens I’ve ever seen. You look so cute! :-)
love your mitts!! v. pretty color choices :-) must get my yarn out for this project!
those are great - i really like the subtle color difference….i have to get around to making a pair of these!
Wow Kelly, what a great color combo! That was one of my fave stranding projects ever…
Beautiful mitts, and lovely photography. FWIW, Montse Stanley was a she. The KNITTER’S HANDBOOK is the one book I’d take along to a desert island, because it is so complete vis-a-vis techniques.
Lovely, and I love the photo of you in the last one. These are so classic and elegant. I really have to cave in and knit a pair…
Great job on the mitts! I was a little confused with the pattern at first too because of the way the chart was completely written out.
Have a lovely turkey day too! (there’s also turducken!)
happy thanksgiving and those mitts are so darling. i need to grab some brooks farm, being local and all.
Nice job! I like the color combo. I couldn’t decide which to make the open squares and which the dots–I chose the opposite scheme from you and I can’t decide which I prefer! (Mine are in the works, so don’t think I’m referring to something you have missed.)
I hope you packed those- it’s freezing up here!
They look fantastic! And with the Acero as the MC I’ll bet they’re comfy as hell. Beautiful.
Pretty!!!
They look great! Love the color combination. Have a wonderful weekend.
Beautiful job! I love the pairing of the Acero with a completely different yarn. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Mixing the yarns for a fantastic result, I like it! They look great, K! Hope the trip was a good one!
Very cute–and gorgeous colors! Hope you had a good trip.
Beautiful mitts!! I sooo want to knit a pair for myself but I fear that I would never think to wear them. If YOU can wear them in TX, well, maybe I should reconsider…
I haven’t seen anyone knit these up in a while! They’re beautiful. I should jump on the bandwagon. (But the bandwagon is usually long gone by the time I try to jump on.)
Very pretty!
These came out great! I love the colors.
these are simply stunning!
(and you wear ‘em well…)
:)