#knitting present

[ancient-art-of-craft]

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kjaerlighetsvotter

Lover's Mittens, two pairs of colorwork done in the traditional rose/snowflake pattern seen in Selbuvotter, a type of stranded mitten patterns from Selbu, Norway.

I made two pairs of mittens, one for my friend and one for her fiance, plus a mitten my friends affectionately call the "Smitten", where you can hold hands! Note on the pattern: when making the Smitten, the join between the cuffs leaves a giant hole. I chose to use a sew-on label to cover that, it says Love in Every Stitch.

There are a little under 18,000 stitches in this pattern, one for every day of fifty years of happiness.