It's going to be a Christmas gift but before I started this project I asked him if he would like/use it. Cuz I sure wasn't going to do all this planning and knitting to have it sit on a shelf!
He suggested the 2 different sides so that it could have many different looks.
And I was very happy to have the plain side to knit after the other one was so busy.
But it made for an interesting hat and kept the knitting interesting too.
I kinda love stranded knitting almost as much as knitting lace.
This got finished too. Or maybe I've already posted about this. My memory is "this long" these days. Anyway, bear with me if you've already heard about it. It's a Christmas gift for 1st DGD who is 7.
And here is how far I am on the stranded mittens. Almost done with the 1st lining. And that flies along pretty quickly. Will be starting another pair ASAP! The grey, tan and blue yarn is washed and waiting.
Just a word of advice...if you do stranded knitting with Blue Sky Alpaca Melange be sure to wash it first. It bleeds like crazy. Both colors I've used has LOTS of extra dye.
