KCW came and went and still the wee small boy doesn’t have a completed shirt. I’ve only the cuffs, collar and hem to do so it will be finished this week. I have 6 days till his birthday (although, and let’s not tell my brain this, I’ve actually got 10 days until his party which is when he’ll wear it!). So all is well.
However, I did finish the Almost Orla mitts in time for my friend Liz to fly to Australia with them and gift them to her daughter-in-law. As Liz had done the final stitching on these I’d not had the opportunity to photograph the mitts. I was really happy to receive these photos from Oz.
Liz also sewed the brown stems on afterwards in duplicate stitch. I’m eternally grateful.
These little mitts are far from perfect but given they were my first attempt at intarsia and the colourwork was very tiny and fiddly, I’m really pleased with how they turned out. They haven’t scared me off colourwork, which is a good thing.
More importantly, the recipient loves them. That’s the main thing!
PS…I’ve put all the pattern/yarn details on Ravelry here.
Pendle Stitches 