December 28, 2007

Bulky Flip Top Mitts

So remember how I was making a hat / mitten set for my $15 gift for a random exchange with my girlfriends? Yeah they were a huge success:
She loves them!
Sadly I don’t have any pictures of the finished mittens up close because I finished sewing in the ends literally about 2 seconds before I had to run out the door to the party. Gotta love procrastination! I did write up the pattern to share, though:

Bulky Flip Top Mitts

They knit up very quickly on size 9 needles although all of the finishing involved in making them flip tops is kindof a pain. I think it ended up being worth it, though:
If anyone finds any errors in the pattern please let me know! I’m very new to this whole pattern writing thing! I also added them to Ravelry here.

Oh and I ended up just using a button I had for the hat – it was a shiny shell type thing that I had in a box of random buttons I got from my great-grandmother. I wish I had a better pic but oh well. I’m just happy she liked them so much!

11 comments:

  1. Those turned out great! And I love the how the cuff matches the hat!

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  2. Those look very nice. It's nice that you have friends who appreciate how much work it takes even if the yarn doesn't cost that much. I had a snooty roommate when I started my first job, and I knit her a lace mohair scarf. She never shut up about how cheap my gift was! It took decades before I was able to knit another gift. I wish knit blogs were around then to have given me confidence to go on knitting gifts.

    Your friend looks very nice in the hat. I need to try flip-top mittens for DH.

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  3. I love them. They turned out soooo cute.

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  4. they look great together - lucky lucky girl!

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  5. Love how they turned out! Very cute!!!! I have some yarn to make that hat yet...

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  6. Anonymous5:20 PM

    Awh, great job! Happy New Year!

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  7. Happy New Year! The mitts came out great!

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  8. Anonymous3:20 PM

    Thanks for the pattern! I made one last night and I am working on the second now. It matches the hat so well and the pattern is easy to follow. I was a little confused about what I was doing with the three strips of ribbing at the opening, but it became apparent when I just trusted and followed your instructions.

    Where did you put the button?

    (MelodyPDX on ravelry)

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