The Battle For Glittery Mittens
A few years ago I went on a mitten making spree. I found a lot of Moda Dea Caché yarn [now discontinued] on sale at Michael’s Craft Store, and fell in love with the glitter. This glittery wool is NOTHING like knitting with copper scrubbies! The wool/acrylic blend has a thin metallic thread running through it. The metallic thread is probably just a shiny plastic thread–it breaks easily, and bends easily, and isn’t scratchy.
I think I made 5 pairs of these mittens…I used a very simple pattern because the glitz of the yarn would detract from anything I could attempt to do. Ribbing slows me down, so these mittens were knit in stockinette stitch from the cuff to the finger tips. I made sure the cuff was nice and long, because we get so much snow, and there’s nothing worse than snow down your sleeves when cleaning off your car, or making snowballs.
The mittens were distributed amongst friends and co-workers for Christmas. They loved them, and wore them, and oohed and ahhed over the glitter. Over the years I’ve seen the mitts come to work on various hands. This winter, one pair ended up on a very unexpected pair of hands.
My colleague’s son has taken a liking to her mittens. It’s an unlikely choice for a university student….he said he likes the feel of them. The boy has good taste, this wool is very comfy! They are also pretty unique–I bet not many of his buddies have such sparkly mittens.
He likes them so much that he will “reserve” them the night before by putting his keys on them. It makes me laugh! I don’t think my colleague will get these back any time soon!
I think that I should go stash diving for some more glittery yarn….I wonder if I have enough to make her a replacement pair.
