Mittens for little hands
A family tradition has us travelling to the family farm every easter, to relax with our interstate relatives, who we don’t see often. Our farm is on the Murray river, and it has the extremes of country weather - frost and zero temps in the morning, and sunny, bright weather in the afternoon.
This trip I realised that I only have pink, girly mittens. I actually have few of them, as apparently they make good dress-ups. So in the passenger seat, I knitted these mittens from a guessed pattern. I had to knit the first one twice, as my son’s hands are much bigger than I realised, and his thumbs are freakishly short.
Of course, it was totally warm and gorgeous, and the mittens were never needed. It took me the last few weeks to get around to knitting up the thumbs and finishing off the ends. I was planning to make three of these to anticipate lost mittens, but they only get worn once a year, and that’s not for another 12 months, so I can’t be bothered now.
The wool is 8ply from Bendigo Woollen Mills. My mum bought it from the bargain room and couldn’t figure out anything to make with it. I am a bit the same. It is lovely and soft, but the colours just aren’t placid. I have tried to use this many times with not a lot of success. I like the way these turned out, but I don’t have to tell you that one pair of toddler mittens has not used up that much.
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