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Warm Hands, Cool Colours

Published
by
Deb
on February 27, 2008
in Design Junkie and knitting
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Graple Glovelets

I love these mitts! Soft and scrunchy and warm. I’ve been wearing them everywhere. I forget to take them off in shops though, since my fingers are free, and I only notice when I get really hot. And they match pretty well with my flower petal shawlette which I wear as a scarf.I’ve been noticing changes in my colour palette again. For a while I was gravitating towards earthy tones, especially deep rich browns. Now I seem to want more colour, either bright shiny colours or softer somewhat pastel-ish hues.

bright colours
For quite awhile I pushed myself away from the bright pinks, jewel purples and cool vivid reds which I used to love, just to try and expand my personal palette. It was actually uncomfortable to consider these colours since I have been avoiding them for so long, but they just make me so cheerful when I work with them. I really owe this release to the vagaries of computer monitors. I ordered what I thought would be a plum-coloured yarn which turned out to be the purple of these mitts, and a dusky pink lace yarn which, when it arrived, was shades of bubblegum. And I love them both!

pastel hues
As for the pastels, I’ve been drawn to clear mid-tones like sky blue, spring green, butter yellow and coral; or dusky colours: orchid pinks with a touch of gray, celadon and not-quite seafoam, antiqued alice blue. Everything I brought home last weekend was a pastel shade.I think I’ll be enjoying these colours for some time to come but who knows what’ll strike my fancy next!

Graple Glovelets

Graple Glovelets
yarn: Elann Peruvian Highland Silk (alas, no longer available), heavy dk weight
needles: 4mm Brittany birch dpns
pattern: an adaptation of Cozy Cable Socks by Terry Morris (Ravelry link)
I used the medallion cable flanked by 2 4-st cables, and used a 2/2 rib around the rest of the mitt, worked from the wrist upwards. I started the thumb gusset at the bottom of the 2nd medallion, in a purl section a couple of stitches towards the back from the side center. It would have been better if I’d started it farther down as it sort of pouches outward instead of flowing smoothly.