Mittens to match

Here’s Lulu, proudly displaying her new pair of mittens.  I wanted to escape the road construction in front of my house so I finished the last one at the coffee shop this morning.

These will match the hat I made in August.  I’m working on a scarf for myself so the mittens were on the back burner for a bit.  It’s getting chilly, so I thought I should finish them before the snow shows up.  The pattern is free from Elizabeth Durand.  It’s a great pattern with two different sizes available.  She asks that if you use the pattern to also make at least one pair for a favorite charity.  I think I will be dropping some off at the local mitten tree. 

I was surprised by how quickly they knit up.  I made the first of the pair in one evening.  The other took two mornings at the coffee shop.  Probably could have done it in one morning, but there are lots of nice distractions there.  I don’t mind the distractions because when I’m there I don’t have to listen to those excavators.