So I started knitting with socks. I now have a million bazillion socks. I've also sort of lost my love for them, because I love a simple sock. I know how I like my toes, heels, and cuffs, and I hardly ever stray from that setup. I also find that I am limited on pattern due to texture issues. I don't like my feet to feel funny. All of this has led to fingerless mitts.
Fingerless mitts are like socks for your hands! The great part about them is the simplicity and the texture variety! I can put whatever I want into a fingerless mitt and it will never negatively affect my hands. This allows for greater creativity in lace and cable patterns! Woohoo!!!
Without further ado I would like to introduce Puget Sound Mitts! My third fingerless mitts pattern. This pattern uses a complex cabling over a small portion of the mitts. It satisfies that cabling urge without it becoming super stressful!
Reminiscent of the tumultuous eddies and currents throughout the Puget Sound, these mitts represent the waters I live around and love. I designed these based off of the mesmerizing swirls in the Tacoma Narrows and through Deception Pass. The ups and downs of chronic nerve pain can be very tumultuous too. I feel the waters of the ominous eddies of the Puget Sound really resonate with the broiling turmoil just under my surface. Being on and near this water brings me so much peace.
I hope this pattern brings you peace too. In a time when everything in the word is stressful, and emotionally disjointed I think we can all use a small bit of peace to turn to. Enjoy the peace that only knitting can bring my lovelies!
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