Sunday, October 04, 2009
bella's mittens
ok, so i am always totally *ASTOUNDED* by the way that a quick 2-15 second shot of a knit item in a film or tv show will send knitters into a total flurry of geekasming followed by subsequent (and IMMEDIATE) attempts to suss out exactly how to re-create that item. case in point - bella's mittens from the twilight movie. i remember seeing these popping up all OVER the web shortly after the movie came out, and while i'm not really a fan of the whole twilight phenomenon, i do appreciate the fact that the movie inspired soooo many patterns for these lovely looking mittens.
the pattern i used was this one by subliminalrabbit
the only mod i made is that i used dpns the whole time. i totally loved knitting this pattern, and so far i only have one mitten done, but i plan to finish the other one this week. i am making them to be used as a raffle prize or an auction item for my office's united way fundraising campaign. the first mitten took prolly a total of 3 hours, but i was watching tv the whole time, so i was a bit distracted.
i am using some leftover red heart super saver, which is definitely not the nicest feeling yarn in the world, but will totally do for a freebie project. besides, the colour is actually really nice, despite being a colour that i would never personally wear. i'm not a neutrals kinda gal, can't you tell? ;)
# posted by übercherry : 9:55 PM
