And we're off!

I searched through Ravelry to see if I could find a different pattern that could work with the Tove yarn and I didn't fall in love with any of them. So instead I searched through my stash for a fingering weight yarn that would work with the Vinterblomster pattern. Success!

Here's my swatch...

The white yarn is Jawoll, green is Cascade Heritage and purple is Crafty in a Good Way (a local yarn dyer). I would have also swatched the green on a white background but if you look closely in the upper right corner, the needle snapped.

No matter, on the morning of July 1st before heading to work I cast on for the first mitten. I had company from out of town for the holiday weekend so as of today I only have this much to show:

I've almost completed the second chart which will probably be completed very soon. I'm not thrilled with the look of the garter stitch hem so I might flip it under and stitch it down...or I might cut it off and knit an actual hem. Time will tell. Not something I have to decide right now. Of course, I'm even debating lining the mitten too. Clearly I'm over ambitious as always.