New Pattern: No Tricks All Treats Fingerless Mitts

They're done! They're done! The matching mitts to the socks I released last week. And I couldn't love them more if I tried.

Ok, that's a lie.

I could love them MORE if I hadn't had to rip out the initial design three times before I was happy with the finished product. But I DO love them. Oh. So. Much.

These mitts are loooong... meant to be worn the full length of your forearm to keep you nice and toasty on these chilly fall days. They're fitted to the arm so they fit under sweaters and jackets easily and are mirror images of one another.

And the BEST part (IMO of course)? They're fully reversible so if you want to wear the Chevrons on your palms instead, you can go right ahead.

The mitts feature the Trusty Sock base from Nomadic Yarns in two colorways: a solid, "Smoke, and a self-stripping, "The Slutty Pumpkin". Ashley has a wide range of self striping yarns that would be beautiful in this pattern - go check them out and decide which one makes you happiest. I kind of want to do the "Poolside" - it's amazing!

And guess what? Nomadic Yarns has done up a Dye to Order kit for these patterns so you can order them in combo. Check it out!

**DEAL ALERT**

For the month of October - if you have purchased the No Tricks All Treats Socks, you can use coupon code "NOTRICK50" at check out to receive 50% off your copy of the

No Tricks All Treats Fingerless Mitts.

OR

If you purchase both patterns together you'll automatically receive 50% off the price of one pattern.

Anyway - here are the mitts... do you love how the Smoke decreases at the elbow mirrors the increases for the thumb? Makes me SOOOOOOOO giddy!

No Tricks, All Treats Fingerless Mitts

Go make your own - keep your fingers warm when you're drinking your winter beers (and I hope you get a glass as awesome as the one in these photos!). 

Happy knitting, lovelies!!!

New Pattern: No Tricks All Treats Socks

Oh man, how long has it been since I've published a new pattern? It feels like forever (though it's only been a few months).

"Why?", you ask.

Because I've been a busy bee knitting up samples for magazines (yeah baby, I'm gonna be PUBLISHED), designing for Ewe Ewe Yarns, and generally keeping my fingers busy with lots and lots of knitting, but no new designs. Until now! With any luck, October will be a banner month and I'll get some "me" knitting done with some new designs out the door.

Today is the first step in achieving this - and what better a day to release it than the first of the month? And the first of the BEST month: October! Halloween is just around the corner and (in theory) the weather is cooling down so I can wear all the knits (though not so much here in SoCal... the Santa Ana's have arrived and its' gonna be hot, hot, HOT!).

But despite that, I wanted to share my latest creation with you: the No Tricks All Treats Socks. I absolutely love these babies. They're fun and colorful and LOOK super complicated but they're really not.

Featuring Nomadic Yarns in two colorways: "Smoke" as the base color and "The Slutty Pumpkin" both in the Trusty Sock base (75% Merino superwash, 25% nylon, 463 yds/100g) these socks show off some very  basic colorwork with sideways chevrons and a short row heel. LOOOOOOOOOVE!

I'd also like to give a major shout-out to Sheila (@knittysheshe on Instagram) who knit these lovely socks up and provided these awesome pictures. I wouldn't have made my October 1st deadline without her.

So, introducing... the No Tricks All Treats Socks!

And how about one more Treat to go with these socks? There's going to be a matching pattern released in the next two weeks that will be available for 50% off for the month of October with the purchase of these socks. Huzzah! 

Get these babies while they're hot! I can't wait to knit up my own pair so that my feet feel super Halloween-y. Hallo-weenie?! LOL. I kill me.

Knit 'em. Love 'em. Happy knitting, lovelies!