New fingerless mitt pattern now available!

They're out, and in plenty of time for the holidays, too!These fingerless mitts (formerly known as the Gauntles, now known as the SpillyMitts,) feature a unique twisted stitch motif, with slightly different detailing on the inner wrist and palm. Get the pattern here on Ravelry!

Though these are sized to fit any hand 8 inches in circumference, the rib and cable motif will accommodate a variety of sizes.

The 4-page .pdf features large colour-coded charts to make the twisted-stitch-knitting process as painless as possible.

And here's are the rest of the details:

Yarn: 1 skein of Patons Classic Wool (223 yards / 100 g) in Mercury
Needles: 5 dpns in US 4 (3.50 mm)
Gauge: 6 stitches = 1 inch in Stockinette

And much like with the Heirloom socks, to make these mitts you're going to need to know how to knit through the back of the loop, cable, read charts and knit in the round.

Wait til you see what's coming next!

Heirloom socks pattern! 200th post!

This is my 200th post. Let's celebrate together with a new sock pattern release! The (newly-renamed) Heirloom socks are now available!Get the pattern here on Ravelry. It will be appearing in my Etsy shop shortly.

These rustic, intricate socks are knit top-down and are available in both Men’s and Women’s sizes, so they can be made to fit practially anyone that you’d like to knit them for!

As the Men’s size was created to fit US Men's shoe sizes 10 and 11 (and the pair I made fit my husband who wears a US Men’s 12,) they will fit the male feet in your life. There just aren’t enough pretty, manly (and pretty manly) socks out there!Oh yes, and they’ll fit you ladies too. You’ll just have to use fingering weight yarn instead of the worsted.

Please note that the gauge differs between the two sizes, as does the yarn weight and needle size:

Women’s Medium:
Yarn: 440 yards (100 g) of fingering weight sock yarn
Needles: 5 dpns in US 3 (3.25 mm)
Gauge: 7 stitches = 1 inch in Stockinette

Men’s Medium:
Yarn: 2 skeins of Patons Classic Wool (223 yards / 100 g) in Cognac
Needles: 5 dpns in US 4 (3.50 mm)
Gauge:5.5 stitches = 1 inch in Stockinette

And to make these critters, you'll going to have to be comfortable with knitting through the back of the loop, cabling, chart reading and knitting in the round.

I'm off to work on the Gauntles pattern. Keep an eye out for that today!