Woolly Thistle Mitten Knit Along (KAL) 2019

A mitten knit along may or may not be what I need to jump into in February but oh why the heck not!   The pair I wanted to knit was this cute killer pair by a Swedish designer, Sofia Kammeborn, that was inspired by a recent visit to Trondheim, Norway.  How could one go wrong with that combination? Thus her creative mitten design is named Trondheim.

The Woolly Thistle an online yarn shop hosts a KAL (knit along) each February.  One has to knit stranded colorwork mittens.  I ended up purchasing another cute as can be pattern and casted on two pairs of mittens.  Of course, neither pair are off my needles!  If you are in the market for a new mitten pattern, I would get over to Instagram and #TWTMITTENKAL2019 and have a look at the beautiful mitten designs that are being created today.

I, of course, had some serious bits of frogging from the get go!  I now just accept this as a usual way to start a project.  "Third Time is the Charm!"  Is a beautiful theory: tested, dependable, and works. Latvian Braid is one of those unique design features either you love or deplore. As you see there are no needles in this mitten as it is being FROGGED!

  The reason for the frogging was due to that light blue color which just wasn't going to work for me!  I had hoped it would work but int he end it reminded me of all outdoor clothing of the late 70s that was various shades of light blue--yakkooo-laaa!

Once back on the needles with a lovely Rauma light grey, the mitten took on the life I was hoping for--a bit of a crisper look.  Of course, tea and ginger snap cookies always make life better.  

As knitters were posting more and more cute mitten patterns, I fell for the Acanthium Kit that can ebpurchased at TWT as well.

This is the reason I have two pairs of mittens on the needles.  Both are of course with 100% wool!  The Acanthium mittens are knitted with Jamieson & Smith yarn WHICH I HAVE NEVER KNITTED WITH BEFORE!  Not sure why since I do love everything SHETLAND!  

 

Progress being made on both sets of mittens!

Front and back of the Trondheim.  The waterfront buildings I just adore and the Latvian Braid---cute-cute-cute!