After the slog of Matt’s jumper and the disappointment of Lipstick I think I’ve got knitty ADHD. I can’t seem to commit to a serious long-term project but I’m happy to play around with little patterns that don’t take too long to finish.

I’m also trying to use up some stash yarn before I have to move out and let the woolly mountain take over, so I fished out this gorgeous Malabrigo from the bottom of tub number 58430548309 and decided to have a crack at some fingerless mittens. I love the Funky Chunky Mitts and decided to keep going on my attempt to find a better modification for rolly-down mitts, a quest that started with Zoe’s mittens last year.

I decided to make these mittens a bit larger since the last pair were a bit on the dainty side, so I cast on a few more stitches and kept on making things up as I went. Naturally, this did not go well. I started running out of the Malabrigo and made a panicky dive back into box 58430548309, coming up with some Nundle 12 ply that was a “sort-of” match, in the way that I’m a “sort-of” supermodel. Oh well.

In case I want to do this again, here are my notes:

Cast on 36 stitches, join in the round and knit 6 ridges of garter stitch.

Do 25 rows of the rib and make it 15 thumb stitches. After 5 rounds, alternate a plain round with the increase round.

Join the purple to the hand stitches, knit one round plain and then do 22 more rounds of rib, followed by 2 ridges of garter stitch.

Cast off, pretend it’s not all that bad really, and make the other mitten before you can convince yourself otherwise.

Now to find a lucky recipient …