My Wrists will be warm!

I have this issue...of wanting....of coypying....and then of making things. This time: Hand warmers or fingerless mitts...whatever you would like to call them.

Remember the large spools of wool thread?

$1 Buck Each!!! Well, i did the brown (not shown) and the variagated blue and brown in the back together. Made a great thread together.

Hey- where is that blue? I should have done that one too!!

They are all over the place. Lisa made some on her loom. I thought that i would give it a try on the crochet hook. I am a crocheter and not a knitter (know it, don't really like it). They are on Etsy and a ton of people are knitting them. Winter is coming i guess.

So i searched and searched and found this pattern. Hard to find a crochet one. Oh, now that i look at the one she made hers is really much longer on the arms. maybe i'll add few lines. anyways...

I found the pattern pretty easy to do really. I did change one thing. At the end-the top by all your fingers- i found the width just a bit big. I felt like it was falling off or something. So i skipped a stitch after every other stitch and brought the width back in. Plus i did the crochet in both loops not just the back on like the rest of the body is done. Turned out just what i needed.

And- I turned it inside out. I find it a little tighter fit and i liked this. It is pretty nice that it is reversable. :) What stitch do you like game? this one....or this one....or this one...or this one???

What do you think? Wool too!!! Super warm and really I am not itchy either. I could make another pair really big and then felt it....more work though. Overall i think each hand took around an hour. Not too terrible for something that will last the season...at least. I am thinking that i might add a little something to the top. a felted owl or bird or something cutesy like that. I should do a lace edge too....fancy.

ok that might be a bit much. ANyways...

Has anyone out there tried a different pattern or made your own? Would you like to share? Let's all go and take a peak at what-cha got!!