cast on

Been thinking of making a knitted fingerless mitts for my two girls, but hesitant to do it, well not hesitant more of I think afraid to cast on and knit...it will be my very first if ever. Now comes the winter bite I've ever experience, today it's 5degress C (from where I come from, the coldest I've experience is 18degrees C) so for me today it's super cold, I can barely do this blog.

So because of the weather, am now casting on my first fingerless mitt, and keeping my fingers cross this will fit to a 4-year olds hand, as am following a pattern made for an adult, but changing the yarn to a dk yarn, the pattern is using a worsted weight yarn, with a 5mm dpn and has a gauge of 16 sts=4inches.

What am using now is a dk yarn, using 3mmdpn and not sure what the gauge is...will just try this to her hands as I go along with it.

It's a lacy mitt designed by Rachel Calado called Lace Fingerless Mitts.

So now here are the photos of my first cast on..

I dyed the yarn using KROGGER food coloring, this is the second time I dye using the same solution to the first yarn I dyed it with.

So the result is a more subtle orange than the first one I did.

I just made an inch of ribbing and I think I'm doing quite well for beginner.

Here is the yarn that's been cast on and I know for a fact that my yarn is not sufficient, so I'll be using the first yarn I dyed which is a more stronger orange color. And I am not sure what the outcome will be.

I just hope my 4-year old will like her fingerless mitt. :)



Here are the first yarn dye project I made...don't know if it's a disaster or what but I called them orange twins