Handspun tip down mittens

When I knitted Pepita using Magic Loop Method I really got hooked on this method of knitting.  I like the fact that there are no seams that are usually found when knitting with double pointed needles.  So I found myself another pattern on ravelry that is knit with magic loop.  I wanted to knit my daughter some mittens with the red supreme possum merino that I purchased at the creative festival in Toronto.  But I only purchased one skein thinking that I would knit Michelle the gloves that I knit for my secret sister.  When  I had the gloves knit I realized they wouldn't be something that she would wear.  So I thought of maybe some mittens.  And it had to be using the magic loop technique.  After a quick search on ravelry I found these .  I cast on using judy'smagiccaston .  She gives some great tips for the rookie magic loop knitter.  The mittens knit up in approximately a day.

As you can see in the photo I didn't use the red possum merino purchased in Toronto because the skein only had 223 yards and I needed 400.  So I had to break into some of my own handspun.  Still need to find a pattern for the red skein.  Oh the fun of knitting!

 

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