Staghorn Mitts- super fingerless mitts!

If you are looking for a lovely fingerless mitt pattern in 8ply look no further! 

Staghorn Mitts are gorgeous and a very easy knit, despite the cables. 

It's a little hard to see the awesome stag horn motif on the picture above due to the variegated yarn, but in real life the cable texture is well visible. 

The pattern is well written and easy to follow and has explicit instructions for both hands. (some don't)

Here is the link to the free pattern (If you're not a Ravelry member it will ask you to sign up- its just an email address and they hardly ever bother you) 

Staghorn Mitts

 I love the actual mitt construction and would like to have a go at putting the owl motif from the Owl Wrist Warmers I made earlier, onto this mitt pattern for a bit of variety. 

Fab fingerless mitts!

So with the very cold weather starting to kick in, my poor hands have been feeling the cold. I have been working on expanding my knitting skills and patience, and so I thought I would try a four needle, 4 ply pattern and see how I went. I found a great plain pattern on Ravelry by designer Jessica Baird which you can find HERE 

Hubby modeling my fingerless mitts

So this pair is my first attempt and I must say I love them (I am wearing them as I type) They took less than 1 ball of happy feet sock yarn and so are very economical if not a little time consuming. I would probably get faster in time.

Owl Wrist Warmers

So I needed a fab pressie for one of my nieces who is an ardent nature lover, and came across some fab owl wrist warmers in Mollie Makes magazine. 

The pattern features in a back issue so i had to buy and download a copy before i could begin. Here is a link to the issue Mollie Makes - Issue 21

I had some trouble with the pattern, as I didn't have the right weight wool or large double pointed needles. I also read that the finished wrist warmers, if following the pattern, were very small when finished. 

I ended up using 6mm tip circular needles and two strands of 8ply wool to get the right size. 

Here is how my wrist warmers turned out:

I think the owl pattern is adorable and I will probably use it again at a later date, I am not, however, that impressed with the glove pattern, but that could have more to do with my lack of knowledge than that pattern itself.

Ring of Roses - Gorgeous!

Recently I stumbled across a GREAT tutorial for absolutely beautiful crochet crowned rings. It was a free tutorial from The Royal Sisters blog and you can check it out for yourself right HERE

Here are the rings I created from the tutorial, I am so pleased with how they turned out :)