FO: Baby Galway Mitts

Pattern: Baby Galway Mitts by Jennifer Hoel
Yarn: Rowan 4ply Soft (discontinued) approx 12g in colour: Fairy
Needles: 2mm circs for Magic Looping

It’s been a busy few days here. I’ve had more midwife appointments and “lovely” routine blood tests to prove that my blood is red and runny or whatever the reason is and we’re slowly (in my case, at least, because I don’t do moving fast any more!) starting a massive clear out of our bedroom so we can fit in a chest of drawers for all the knitted baby clothes and a changing table.

So I didn’t feel much like heaving about the February Lady Sweater at the weekend, unsurprisingly. It’s heavy, even though it’s on a circular needle, so I decided something tiny that wasn’t a hat would be a better option!

The pattern is based on the Galway Hat in Alice Starmore’s Aran Knitting. I loved knitting something so intricate on such a small scale, and I suspect it’ll be the only chance I get to knit something remotely related to that book unless a) I win the lottery or b) it’s republished at a non-scary price. The bobbles were worked using my new-found favourite method, naturally, and each mitten probably only took an hour or so to make.

The yarn is leftovers from the Endpaper Mitts I knitted ages ago. Now I know just how much yarn they take to knit, I may be tempted to knit more (though perhaps plain ones which will be even quicker) until I have a mitten stash to rival the hat one!