Og vanter / And mittens

Der er nye vanter i huset. Jeg elsker dem! Selv om de kun tog 3 dage at strikke, har de været længe undervejs. Er I klar til en vantehistorie?
Da vinteren startede, ville jeg finde mine tykke vanter frem. Men ak. Møllene havde været der! "Pyt", tænkte jeg. "Jeg kan jo bare strikke nogle nye!" Garnet havde jeg. Tyk, grå natur uld, vundet i en pakkeleg i efteråret. Varmt og superblødt!
Så nemt gik det bare ikke. Jeg havde alverdens samvittighedskvaler, for dels er der jo nogle ting, der bare SKAL være færdige. NU! Dels har jeg fået det fineste kit med vantemønster og garn fra Letland, og ville det overhovedet være fair at strikke tykke vanter i stedet for de fine?

New mittens are in da house. I love them! Even though they only took 3 days to knit, they had a long journey coming. Are you ready for a mitten-tale?
When the winter began, I found my thick mittens. But - oh no! The terrible moths had been around before me! "Oh, well", I thought. "I can make new mittens!" I had the yarn. Thick, gray wool that I won in a dice-game during fall. Warm and very soft!
But it wasn't so easy. I really had some trouble with my conscience. First of all, I had some things I REALLY needed to finish. NOW! And secondly, I had received the most wonderful kit with yarn and pattern for mittens from Latvia, and would it be nice to knit thick mittens instead of the pretty ones?

Da det begyndte at sne igen i starten af ugen, MÅTTE jeg dog bare i gang. Jeg ville have vanter mens det var vinter! Så jeg fandt dette mønster på Ravelry. Jeg har gjort borten noget kortere, men har ellers troligt fulgt mønsteret. De er rigtig dejlige, med et fast mønster indeni vanterne og snoninger ovenpå. Man skal lige koncentrere sig en del, og det var godt nok svært med en snakkende niece ved siden af, der kedede sig en lille smule hver gang jeg "bare" strikkede! (Hun ville iøvrigt mægtig gerne have vanterne og aede dem mange gange.) Men niecen tog hjem, og nu er de færdige. Jeg skal arbejde i dag, og jeg må nok indrømme, at det vist kan gøre morgenen lidt dejligere at kunne tage nye vanter med ud at cykle.
Jeg har brugt 125 gram "Natur uld". Mærket hedder GG. Kender det ikke, men garnet er dejligt!

When it started snowing again some days ago, I just HAD to start. I wanted mittens while winter was still here! So I found this pattern on Ravelry. I shortened the cuff, but otherwise followed the pattern faithfully. The mittens are really nice, with a heavy, firm pattern on the inside and cables on the top. You have to read the pattern carefully, and it sure was kind of difficult with a talking niece sitting next to me, getting a little bored whenever I did "nothing" but knit! (She really wanted the mittens for herself, by the way, and tried the first one on a few times.) But my niece went home, and now they're done. I am working today, and I must admit that it will brighten my morning considerably wearing these mittens while cycling to work.
I used 125 grams of "Natur uld". Never heard of the yarn company, but the wool is really nice!