Garn Boet - The Yarn Nest: The Anemois

I’m ready for the cold days, or at least, my hands are. In my heart I hope for many warm and beautiful, clear autumn days to come, and I can very well do with a minimum of cold days. To be honest, whispering, I could even skip the snow, end of whisper.

The pattern of the Anemoi mittens is a delight to knit. I have said it before, and I have nothing against repeating myself: Eunny is a wizard when it comes to pattern making. And I like very much the asymmetry of the colour pattern. The Anemoi mittens were a fast knit, and a nice knit.

Project details:

Pattern: Anemoi mittens by Eunny Jang
Yarn: Vuorelma’ s Satakieli in grey (957) and white (001)
Needles: 2,5 mm dpns.
Alterations: I like mittens that have quite narrow ends, and thus I didn’t follow Eunny’s decreases, but decreased on every row, and when I had 14 stitches left, that are the border stitches, I transferred the stitches to the inside and made a three-needle-bind-off there over 2x7 stitches. I find it very hard to graft in two colours, but if any of you have a good description on how to do that, please let me know. Grafting is more beautiful than the three-needle-bind-off, so I’m all for learning something new.

Comments

Yup, it's getting cooler and here come the gloves and socks again. They look super toasty.

Posted by: Angelika | October 2, 2007 03:53 PM

Beautiful in grey and white!I love this swirly pattern, but have yet to make them...
(and the top looks perfect)

Posted by: Pat | October 2, 2007 03:56 PM

I do like the colours you have chosen, very nice mittens!

Posted by: Lin | October 2, 2007 04:00 PM

I am at a rare point right now where I have nothing physically on the needles being knit. Though lots that is about to be... And I am SORELY tempted to start another pair of these now! They are gorgeous Maud - I like your modifications to the top of the mittens, just beautiful!

Posted by: mel | October 2, 2007 04:14 PM

Gorgeous! I think I'm going to add these into my queue - they really are very nice.

Posted by: Jeanne | October 2, 2007 04:17 PM

Wow those are gorgeous!!! I love the Anemoi's. I need to get on the ball and make me some too! Congrats on such beautiful ones

Posted by: Nubiancraftster | October 2, 2007 05:51 PM

They look lovely!

Posted by: orata | October 2, 2007 06:38 PM

Those are beautiful! Your stuff is so inspiring! I also loved the socks of the last post, the color, the design...can't wait to see them finished!

Posted by: Rachel Cook | October 2, 2007 06:43 PM

Beautiful! And interesting to hear about the modification. :)

Posted by: Francesca | October 2, 2007 09:01 PM

Ah, Maud, you've done it again! Absolutely beautiful! I started doing some two-colour practice for my first pair of mittens last night - can't wait to show you the finished product!

Posted by: Steffi | October 2, 2007 10:08 PM

Awesome mittens, Maud! Every time I make mittens like this I always have one slightly smaller than the other. I think my knitting relaxes once I've worked the pattern through once.

Posted by: RuthieJ | October 3, 2007 03:04 AM

Hi Maud, Both pairs of mittens are beautiful and the socks will be great too! I think your finishing detail on the tips of the Annemoi mittens and the fringe on the flying birds are both fabulous!!

Posted by: Nancy | October 3, 2007 05:24 AM

Yes!! So nice!!
One of my favorites of Eunny!!
You can knit like the wind, so fast.

Posted by: Tijm | October 3, 2007 07:36 AM

Ihanat lapaset tuli! Minäkin tykkään enemmän tuollaisista suippopäisistä lapasista kuin siitä alkuperäisestä tylpästä kärjestä.

Posted by: Lotta | October 3, 2007 09:46 PM

Beautifully done! I loved knitting this too!

Posted by: tiennie | October 3, 2007 10:47 PM

I love the mittens. Great pattern work.

Posted by: Sheila | October 4, 2007 04:50 AM

Stunning they are! How I wish I could get into Fair Isle knitting! Enjoy your mittens!

Posted by: lucy | October 4, 2007 07:40 PM

Ovatpa ne kauniit. Mielestäni malli toimii parhaiten juuri tällaisilla rauhallisilla väriyhdistelmillä.