Christmas is Early

I’m afraid that my gift to you this year has some assembly required.

on the mantle

Surprise! It’s a garland!

Smitten (a Holiday Garland) is now available as a free download at KnitPicks.com.

I knit a mitten a day for most of October. After I memorized the pattern (around mitten number 6), they took me about an hour each. Marcia, my Top Secret Test Knitter, says that her first one took about twice that long – but she was correcting my mistakes at the same time. Long Story Short: If you want 24, it’s time to get started!

mitten stack

This was my “Guess what’s next?” picture that I never posted.

If you don’t need an advent calendar, put letters on the mittens and spell something festive or seasonal like “Let it snow!” Or use them for ornaments. Or money holders. They are about 4.5″ from finger tip to cuff so small toys, treats or jewelry will fit neatly inside.

toy inside

Bendy doll by Princess Nimble Thimble.

Happy holidays! If you make something with the pattern, I’d love to see it in the Smitten Flickr Group.

21 thoughts on “Christmas is Early”

  1. Sharly

    Hmm…that just *might* induce me to pull out some needles and yarn and see if I remember how to do that there knitting! Too cute!!

  2. amanda

    i do not knit, but i am a beginner with crochet. this year, i want to have a more simple christmas tree. looking at your garland, i realized, i can make long chains for our tree 🙂 thanks for the inspiration 🙂

  7. Sara

    hmmm…mittens have no religious symbolism (that I know of) I could totally get away with knitting a bunch in blue and white and call it a Chanukah garland…Next year of course. Chanukah starts Dec 1 this year. YIKES!

  12. kg

    Perfect name for these.

    My first thought was “I think I need to learn to knit.” I don’t know if my personal knitter can keep up with my requests seeing as how she has a life outside of my suggested knitting projects.

  14. Renna

    The mitten garland is darling! As slow a knitter as I am, and with so much other gift knitting pressing for my time, I know I’d not get enough knit for a garland. However, this pattern is very timely for me. I’m involved in an online ornament swap drawing. The mitten, which will make a cute ornament in itself, will be a good size to tuck a smaller ornament inside, and maybe even a candy treat. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  18. Ann

    I love this, Emily! What an adorable idea, and I know just the colors I want to use. This year, a few for present decoration, and next year an advent calendar for my nephew. Thanks so much for sharing, I’ll post pictures once I’m done!

  21. Karen

    …pant…pant…pant…Done! Will try to post a pic tomorrow, since it’s dark out now! The next challenge… finding enough things to fill 24 little mittens 🙂

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