Gray mittens, take 2

I'm much happier with these. The palm is in plain stockinette and the cursed honeycomb cable is gone, replaced by a continuation of the twisted cable.


I've just started the main part of the second mitten. I really hope I can finish these soon. I like cabling a lot, but the relentless foggy gray of the knitting is getting to me. Too much like the winter sky.
The Fool suggested I pick up something more colorful, but I'm not sure what. Maybe it's time to bring the Cat Bordhi socks I started in August (!!) out of retirement and finish those up.
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JustApril said…
They look good, cables are the best, but I can see how too much grey can get to a person. Maybe the languishing socks would be a good diversion.
9:17 PM
Anonymous said…
How are you liking the snow we sent up your way? My sister in Aurora is about to kill us. Nice mitts, I like that cabling way better then the first one.
11:46 PM
Anonymous said…
I agree, they look better to me too.
At least it's a light gray. I'm knitting a hat in dark blue and dark green, and just threw in some very pale blue to lighten it.
1:46 AM
the fiddlin' fool said…
Yarndork, we actually prefer our winters this way. As soon as the pretty snow melts, we get more of it.

Seriously, though... I'd much rather have a snowy, warm winter than an ugly, bitter cold winter.

Of course, walking through 3 inches of slush on an unplowed sidewalk on my way to work yesterday was no bargain... but life is full of adventures!
9:36 AM
jknit said…
I just love cables! Your mitts remind me of a pair my grandmother knit for me when I was in grade school. That was back in the olden days when I had to walk a mile to school :-)
7:09 PM
TurnipToes said…
I like them. The cables in the middle look like the march of the turtles.

And maybe if you think of them not as winter grey, but armadillo icing grey!
6:15 AM
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