Take me to your ROBOMITTS

Attention, humans: ROBOMITTS have been spotted in the area. Take cover (or don't!)Perhaps you are already familiar with the ROBOSOCKS? Maybe you'd like to side with the ROBOMITTS? If so, the pattern is waiting for you here, on Ravelry and will shortly be available in my Etsy shop.Here's what you'll need to know:

The 5-page ROBOMITTS .pdf includes addtional instructions for making them as fingerless mittens. The robots just keep going and going...

Size: Women’s Medium (or any hand that is 8” in circumference.)

Gauge: 9 stitches = 1 inch (2.5 cm) in Stockinette st.

Yarn: One ball of Knit Picks’ Palette (231yd / 50g) in each of the following colours: Ash (Main Colour -- MC,) and Raspberry Heather (Contrast Colour – CC.) Alternately, any other fingering yarn in these colours or colours of your choice may be used. A 15” piece of waste yarn of the same weight in a contrasting colour to hold the thumb stitches is also required.

Needles: One set of five (5) double pointed needles in US 1 (2.25 mm) or size necessary to obtain gauge.

Notions: A stitch marker to mark beginning of round (optional,) and a sewing needle to weave in ends.

Skills Needed: Increasing and decreasing, knitting in the round, stranded knitting, twisted stitches, and chart reading.

Enjoy the robots! I'm off to go put the finishing touches on the Winter Veggies mitten pattern.

A quick one

Just so you nice people can't accuse me of keeping things secret, this is what I did today:I'm not even making that up -- I did all of this today. Usually I split the mittening up over a two- or even three-day stretch, but I just felt like working so I went with it. But I digress.

The astute among you may have noticed that this is the mitteny equivalent of the ROBOSOCKS. These are, indeed, the ROBOMITTS -- and yes, those are Pink Robots, for those of you familiar with the song. I had the chance to see The Flaming Lips a few years ago (in Detroit, as usual,) and it was (as promised!) an Epic Experience.

New pattern -- ROBOSOCKS!

If some of you are thinking "Hey, where did these come from?" you're not alone. They kinda snuck up on me too. But they're done, and more importantly for your (most likely) currently non-robot-guarded toes, they're OUT. Find the ROBOSOCKS here, on Ravelry or here, in my Etsy shop. And now for the additional Robo-info:

So you still don’t have that robot army you’ve always wanted? Why not knit your own batallion of mechanical minions to serve and protect your toes?

Traditional, folky-style socks with very untraditional robots marching down from cuff to toe – the perfect combination of past and future!

The pattern is, as always, a clear, concise, 5-page .pdf file with large charts and images. I aim to please and to make your sock-knitting experience as painless as possible.

Size: Women’s Medium (or any foot/leg that is 8” in circumference.)

Gauge: 8 stitches = 1 inch (2.5 cm) in Stockinette st.

Yarn: 2 skeins each of Knit Picks Essential Kettle Dyed (229 yd / 50 g) in Grasshopper Kettle (Main Colour – MC) and 2 skeins of Knit Picks Essential(229 y / 50) in Ash (Contrast Colour – CC), or any other comparable fingering weight yarns in a comparable weightthat complement each other.

Needles: One set of five (5) double pointed needles in US 2 (2.75 mm) or size necessary to obtain gauge.

Notions: A stitch marker to mark beginning of round (optional,) and a sewing needle to weave in ends.

Skills Needed: Increasing and decreasing, knitting in the round, stranded knitting, twisted stitches, and chart reading.

I'm sure some of you will be pleased to learn that there are ROBOMITTENS in the works as well.