Selbu Mittens

Recipient: Moi
Designer: Marcia Lewandowski
Pattern: Selbu Mittens
Source: Folk Mittens: Techniques and Patterns for Handknitted Mittens
Due: Fall 2007
Colours: Black and cream
Yarn: 100% New Zealand wool, worsted weight
WIP status: To start mitten #2

2007-Jun-6

So I was looking for something to read while I took a soak in an epsom bath (anyone who's ever been postpartum will probably understand the purpose of that), and I pulled out Marcia Lewandowski's Folk Mittens. Browsing along, I came to the "Selbu Mittens"...and something snapped. I was consumed by a desire to make these mittens. I don't know why these mittens specifically. There are lots of absolutely gorgeous mittens in the book, yet I fixated on these.

So, Monday I started up on mitten #1, and by yesterday afternoon...



I had a mitten.

This is the back:



And this is a shot of the inside of the thumb:



I adore it. I am obsessed by it. I think it looks totally kick-ass. Unfortunately, I am less than enthused about making a mate for it - I gave into the craving to knit a Selbu mitten, and now that a Selbu mitten has been knitted, the craving is assuaged.

Fortunately, I have months to get over this Second Mitten Syndrome before the weather gets cold.

(Yep, the mittens will be for me. I also had DH try on the mitten so I could see how much I'd need to change up the pattern to make something to fit him. Turns out the length is fine on him, I just have to add some width.)