Lotus Leaf Mittens
Heyya! I know I'm a little late with the news, but the winter Twist Collective is up! I'm totally and completely thrilled to have a pattern included in this issue, especially considering all of the other brilliant talent that is represented.
Would you be surprised if I told you it was a pair of mittens? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Hello world!
The observant among you will have noticed that the blog was a bit quiet this summer. Well...this was the project that dominated July. August and September to be unveiled soon!
The Deets:
I used Schaefer Heather in the colors Indigo and Clara Barton, but most fingering-weight semi-solid or solid sock yarns will work. I was super-excited that I finally got to use a red/blue combination...that's my current color combo crush!
Other than that, they're pretty standard Elli-mitten fare: colorwork on size one needles with a thumb gusset on the side. This seems to be a good fit for most people and has the added bonus that you can use the lotus pattern (topside) or the leaf pattern (palmside) on both sides of the mitten. Because everybody loves a little mix and match!
Ravelink here.
palmside
If you do nothing else, make sure you check out the fabulous watercolors that Eloise Narrigan did for the story. I'm particularly fond of my chipmunk, but they're all really cute!
Comments
these are beautiful -- I saw them and oohed and ahhed and didn't even make the connection between their creator and elliphantom! congratulations!
Posted by: chelsea | November 17, 2008 1:21 PM
Congrats on the pattern!
Posted by: Sarah | November 17, 2008 1:21 PM
I saw these and added them to my Ravelry favorites without realizing they were yours! They're very cute.
Posted by: Jessimuhka | November 17, 2008 1:30 PM
your mittens are beautiful! there are a lot of awesome patterns in this issue.
Posted by: mai | November 17, 2008 1:42 PM
Wow! these are gorgeous. I love the colors as well.
Posted by: Frogginette | November 17, 2008 1:47 PM
I didn't make the connection either! Though in retrospect, your thumb gusset is quite distinctive and was a dead giveaway :)
Posted by: Veronique | November 17, 2008 1:59 PM
So beautiful - looking forward to the August and September projects!
Posted by: Lisa | November 17, 2008 2:25 PM
I love all of your mitten patterns, and these are no exception!
I'm curious, though -- how much yarn do you think you used total in the project? I have one fingering weight 50 gram skein of "golden pear" and one fingering weight 50 gram skein of a kickass mulberry color, and would love to try to make this pattern work, but worry that I'll come up short on such a lovely pattern!
Posted by: Nina | November 17, 2008 2:46 PM
they're so pretty! And I loved the watercolor critters modeling them SO much.
Posted by: orata | November 17, 2008 2:46 PM
Those are simply gorgeous!
Posted by: Carolyn | November 17, 2008 2:53 PM
LOVE these. I was a huge fan of your herringbone mitts and I have some yarn at home just itching to be made into some fair isle mittens. I think I just found the pattern!
Thanks!
Posted by: Lisa | November 17, 2008 5:05 PM
I love how clean and elegant your mittens look. Congratulations!
Posted by: connie | November 17, 2008 5:59 PM
I love these mittens! They're the first pattern that really jumped out at me in this issue of Twist. Congrats on the beautiful pattern!
Posted by: elecamel | November 17, 2008 6:10 PM
It's a beautiful design. Well done!
Posted by: Nicole | November 17, 2008 6:12 PM
Those are so pretty! I'm a huge sucker for botanical motifs.
Posted by: Emilee | November 17, 2008 6:54 PM
These are so gorgeous! I'm loving that color combination pretty hard right now, too.
Posted by: whitney | November 17, 2008 9:26 PM
man, these are great. lovelovelove them!
Posted by: anne | November 18, 2008 2:46 AM
I love them! They were the pattern that caught my eye when I looked at the latest issue ... I didn't realise they were yours.
Posted by: Lin | November 18, 2008 4:37 AM
I love how the blue has variations in color and the red is solid. It reminds me of leaves on water.
Posted by: hadley | November 18, 2008 1:18 PM
I cannot tell you how much I adore these. They jumped out at me as soon as I saw Twist. LOVE!
Posted by: Nonnahs | November 18, 2008 8:22 PM
congratulations for the pattern in Twist collective, the mittens are gorgeous, love them
Posted by: Marimi | November 19, 2008 5:19 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Meg | November 20, 2008 8:26 PM
Beautiful! I need to practice my colorwork so that I can do some of your lovely mitten patterns.
Posted by: Meredith | November 23, 2008 12:33 PM
Very very cute. Do I get some cred for making the blue and red elephant bag for you way back when? I really feel *I* inspired these mittens.
Posted by: Rae | November 24, 2008 1:12 AM
Strong work. I love that pattern. I will definitely have to check it out!
Posted by: Sarah | December 3, 2008 10:56 AM
Those are lovely!!! I love that the palms are just as wonderful as the tops!! Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Peacock Chic | December 23, 2008 1:58 AM