Cute fox mittens if I do say so myself
Well, the moment I saw these in my Instagram feed, I had to make them! My son’s company has fox in the name, so making them for my littlest grandson had to happen!
I knew I had just the right orange wool (I can’t remember what I had made before with it) — did I have any white? Yes… but at the bottom of my stash box… just a little…
In my typical fashion, I made it with only a tiny bit to spare — but enough to tweak the pattern to make the thumb tips white too, which I just think is the cute icing on the cuteness cake, don’t you?
Notes: The pattern is found here on DROPS — I (of course) made a mistake in following the pattern, so when I redid it, I left out the little white accents in the body of the mitten by mistake. But I added the little “tails” on the thumbs so I think we’re square!
I have gone over to making my ribbing (in socks too) by knitting the knit stitches in the back — seems to keep the cuff from getting stretched out. I make a crochet I-cord to keep naughty kittens from losing their mittens (much easier than a knitted one).
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