These were my first real try with colorwork. They were finally dry after blocking & I wore them for the first time today. Temps were way below zero & they kept me super warm.
I really like the detail up the sides & the way the pattern continues on the thumb. I had to make them longer than the pattern called for for my long hands so the decreases ended up being different colors instead of all red.
Pattern from Folk Mittens: Techniques and Patterns for Handknitted Mittens (Folk Knitting series)
Yarn Patons Classic Wool.
© 2005 – 2011 Kathy Lewinski & Susan Cornish
These are great, too! I am, too, pleased by tiny details in the construction fo knitting…
am glad your first attempt turned out so well. People do not realise that "coloourwork" is so much warmer…and easier to do than it looks.