One mitten...

....nearly finished. After a few false starts and restarts, mitten #1 is finished except for it's thumb. I'll do the second mitten and then I'll do the thumbs last.

It took a few tries to wrap my head around what was supposed to be happening in this pattern. I've found that to be the case with all the mittens from Robin Hansen's collection of patterns.

The unusual but highly effective techniques of the women that originally designed these mitts, turned very functional items into objects of art as well. How they came up with the unusual inc & dec is beyond me but they are really neat - once you figure them out! Lol!

I love the colour work too. The effect of light against the dark - stunning! And the end product - mitts of double thickness designed to keep one hands as warm as possible.