Mohair ready for mittens

I have a good pattern that I use for knitting mittens using two needles. I will try to post it here tomorrow. One thing I learned about two needle mittens is that you should definitely make both mittens at the same time!! I learned this after making a stack of mittens separately, no two of which matched.

However, if you are using four needles, you can only make one at a time. That's what we're doing now, using mohair. The satisfying thing about four needles is that you don't have to sew up the seams of the mittens after you're done. They are three dimensional. I love their shape.

Anyway, here is a picture of some mohair that I dyed for a pair of mittens I plan to knit next.

This is one of my favorite patterns. I don't know where it came from, but I think there are a lot of variations out there. It works best using my angora yarn and a US9 pair of knitting needles. This is easy to make, but looks sophisticated when you are done. 1. Cast on 24 stitches however you are used to doing it. 2. Knit five or six rows. 3. knit three stitches, then place a marker, purl to last three stitches, place another marker and knit the last three stitches (so both sides of your scarf will be the same.) 4. Next row: knit three sts, K 2 together, three times, yo knit 1 (6) times, K2 together, three times, K3. 5. Next row: knit across entire row 6. next row: knit across entire row 7. next row: knit three stitches, purl to marker, knit last three stitches. This pattern consists of steps 3 through 7. Repeat until scarf is as long as you want it. End with "knit across entire row." and do about four more garter rows (all knit). Bind off. The scarf is about 6 inches wide.