Warming Your Hands

I'm posting this late, but better than never....

So, what is your favourite winter warmer for your hands?

I don't have any handknitted gloves or mittens! I have knitted a few pairs of wristwarmers and ended up giving them away as gifts. Mittens are warmer, but of course you have to take them off to open a zip, turn a key, etc. Usually in Scotland it's not so cold that it's a problem for a few seconds though!

I love the stranded mitten patterns - Hippocampus  springs to mind, especially with the lovely variegated colours in it. The Sea Mineral mittens by SpillyJane are beautiful too, I love those colours... I have also bought myself a couple of patterns I haven't knit yet - Very Terhi by Yarnissima, which I have totally gone off after knitting a single "La Digitessa" Sock and deciding the result really wasn't worth the effort... and a favourite one I just bought the other day actually, Fiddlehead Mittens by Adrian Bizilla. I don't have stash yarn for that yet though. There are some really nice colour combos on the Ravelry pages for that pattern.

Are there any patterns out there you would love to own?

I have been trying to get a copy of the Selbuvotter book for ages, it doesn't seem to be available in the UK though. As far as individual patterns go, I love the Lotus Leaf Mittens By Elli Stubenrauch and of course the Fiddlehead mittens, which I already have...  

Or do you already have a winter warmer and you would like some mittens/gloves/handwarmers to match?

Actually I would like to knit a pair to match my Urchin hat, but as the Rowan Chunky Print is now discontinued I think I'm out of luck there. I did finish a scarf in Manos Silk Blend, maybe I could knit a hat or gloves to go with that.

Post about "Warming your hands" on your blog and then link to it in the comments so we can all see what you like!  

Consider it done!