It is time for mittens

And mittens I am knitting! Still no photos but I am working on it. I need to get a USB cable as I´m working on the iBook and all the others are in use on the "big" one this household´s computer geek is using. But still.

My youngest son doesn´t want to wear mittens on his way to the Kindergarten and on short trips. Only when he´s out playing in the snow he think they´re OK. So I thought he might like a pair of fingerless mitts. And it so happens that he does!!! And he is eager to wear them too! My oldest also liked them so I finished his pair this evening. They are both knitted with . I have also knitted a pair in Opal Flamingo for one of David´s friends that also have a problem with wearing mittens. She will get them tomorrow.

OK, I´ll admitt it. I´m kind of intense when I get interested in something. The advantage is that I learn how to do it pretty fast. I am stubborn as well :) And I like to buy books on the subject. I already have gotten Folk Knitting in Estonia by Nancy Bush and have a couple on order. Nothing wrong enhancing my library, right? I have decided that I want to learn stranded colorwork. Especially (right now, solely) in mittens. I want to learn how to knit Latvian mittens!

I am knitting my second Selbu mitten right now. The first one is puckered in some places and loose in others. But I love it all the same. It´s my first dabble in stranded knitting. The second is looking a bit better. I will wear my mittens proud! My plan is to finish the second one this coming week. Stay tuned for a photo (and a USB cable).

Did I mention my so far lonely glove?

Please be patient :)

My blog has not disappeared. I am in the mids of changing over to Blogger but the thought of moving each and every entry (incl. photos) from my old blog has me left in a good for nothing haze. So I have decided that I will not move the old entries here. They will be lost.

For all of you that have been looking for my patterns, please be patient. They will get back up again for you to enjoy :)

I hope to blog (with new pictures, I have spent my time well)

Take care!