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December 28, 2014

From Sally — Paris Is Always a Good Idea

Filed under: Updates — surly @ 11:19 am

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a thing for Paris and the Eiffel Tower. So when I saw a pattern for Paris mittens featuring the Eiffel Tower, I had to make them. I decided that they’d make a perfect Christmas gift for my daughter, who lives in snowy Colorado. Her now husband proposed to her at the Eiffel Tower several years ago.

I experimented with several yarn combinations for the mittens, finally settling on Classic Elite Fresco in cream and a mystery yarn from a period when I was doing a lot of glove designing. I am fairly certain that the mystery yarn is Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere, but I don’t know the color name. It’s a gray with lavender overtones. The last photo — with Nora wearing the mittens — is the truest in showing the color.

I love the mittens, especially the bi-plane that pulls the Paris banner, but they were a pain to knit. That’s on me; I don’t like knitting fair isle on double points. I do like the results, though! (A fun design by Andrea Arbour with just a few modifications by yours truly.) The glass desk ornament in the first two photos was a Christmas gift from Nora this year — how fitting that we “exchanged” Eiffel Towers.



10 Comments »

  1. So,,so cute. Now I know what to make for my Paris-obsessed niece. 🙂

    Comment by Anya — December 28, 2014 @ 11:33 am

  2. From Susan — these are freakishly cute!! I share your dislike of fair isle and dpns, but don’t like magic loop for gloves/mittens either! I may repurpose these as fingerless mitts!

    Comment by lv2knit — December 28, 2014 @ 11:55 am

  3. These are amazing!

    Comment by Denise Vitola — December 28, 2014 @ 12:20 pm

  4. Charming design, beautifully knit. For you and others looking for Paris-inspired designs, you might want to look at Jessie Dodington’s Dinner in the Eiffel Tower shawl and the coordinating Autumn in Paris hat. They are for sale on Ravelry. Happy New Year.

    Comment by Nancy M — December 28, 2014 @ 2:15 pm

  5. Those mittens are spectacular. I love all things Paris and Eiffel Tower! I am knitting Dinner in the Eiffel Tower Shawl right now. When I was a teen (oh so many years ago), I got to spend a week there, I would love to go there again.

    Comment by Penny — December 28, 2014 @ 4:14 pm

  6. Golly! They are soooooo cute!

    Comment by Joanna — December 28, 2014 @ 5:11 pm

  7. I checked out the Dinner in the Eiffel Tower shawl; it’s a pretty pattern.

    Comment by surly — December 28, 2014 @ 5:32 pm

  8. Love these mitts! I, too, love all things Paris and Eiffel Tower. So dear that you exchanged Paris gifts with your daughter!

    Comment by Kathy W. — December 28, 2014 @ 10:34 pm

  9. Lovely mittens!

    Comment by KathyD — December 30, 2014 @ 3:35 pm

  10. Oh these are so special! I just love them. Your daughter is very, very lucky!

    Best wishes for a wonderful & very Happy New Year to both of you and your families, too!!

    Comment by Barb — December 31, 2014 @ 10:09 pm

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