Sessilifolia: Knitting Olympics Update: Week 1

Here's my second Ravelympics project. This time it's in the Mitten Moguls event and Nordic Colorwork event. Also this is my new obsession: colorwork knitting!

Pattern: 5. Damevott med vrangbord eller blondekant
Yarn: Domy Heather lava (110 yds) and Handspun Merino light blue (175 yds)
Needles: US0 DPN
Mods: used cuff from #6.

The lovely pattern comes from Rauma LVS-5, Selbusrikk booklet. The booklet has lovely mittens/gloves/hat/socks/scarf patterns for men, women, and children. The pattern I chose is called #5 Lady's mittens (exciting title) and called for fingering weight yarn and size US0 needles.

Recently I learned that my hands were extra small. It's funny considering most other parts of me are at least medium, or average. I didn't understand why my mittens always came out floppy, until I saw the light and measured my hands. What! No wonder I have so much issues playing bass guitar(besides lack of practice).

But I digress. I chose finer fingering weight yarn and knit in hopes that the one size offered in the booklet will shrink enough to fit my hands. I followed the pattern exactly (except for the cuff, which I switcharooed from #6 I think) The light blue yarn is my handspun I made from a small merino bump from Yarns Etc. The black yarn is Domy Heather, a shetland-esque yarn I got in MSWF.

My hands were sweating while I worked, so they are sure to be extra warm! Hooray!

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I've been dancing around with the finished shawl for a few days now, and now my fingers were itching to do more colorwork and less of lace. I guess my lace knitting spurt has ended after I knit 5.5 shawls in the past 8 months. The links lead to ravelry pattern page.

Icarus shawl by Miriam Felton in Mistralee Alpaca