These are just so freakin’ cute. I bought the kit from Julia Vesper at knitterlythings and I am really having fun with it. This is my first real foray into stranded knitting. At least I think it is stranded knitting. And I just realized that it’s my first pair of mittens. A pair of firsts! Ha ha ha… Nevermind.

Anyhoo, the pattern is easy to understand, even for this first-timer. The yarn is fabulous and it’s so much fun to work with these bright colors. (This is the brilliantly bold kit, in chase you were wondering.) So don’t look at the picture too closely (I just had to photograph the side with the beginning of my round.) But all in all, I’m quite pleased with how this is turning out, ’specially with it being my first time.

I think I’m going to have to keep these. Can someone tell me if I’ll have any use for them out in Northern California? (pleasesayyes pleasesayyes pleasesayyes)