Lots of activity is continuing in the Indie Designers Giftalong. I've discovered lots of lovely patterns which have been offered for sale. One of them is this design, mirri mitts by Ambah O'Brien, a fellow Victorian Australian. They are a fun design, very easy to knit in a simple stocking/stockinette stitch with eyelet holes. You would never need to have worked any lace before to manage these. A bit of experience in increases and decreases would be useful, but an adventurous beginner would definitely be able to manage them.
Lots of people have made these mitts and added their projects to the design page and they look great in all different colours, and a great variety of yarns have been used, including Knit Picks Stroll Tonal.
I think any fingering / 4 ply wool yarn would work well with this design, but the ones with strong colour contrasts aren't my favourites. Single colours or subtle multi colours look fabulous. While you're over there check out more of Ambah's designs. They fit into the category of timeless classics for me.
