Lettiske vanter? / Latvian mittens?

I foråret strikkede jeg vanter til min mindste niece. Desværre var de ret små, men det gik, fordi
1) hun kun skulle bruge dem et par uger
2) de var med katte, og hun ELSKEDE mønsteret
3) jeg lovede højt og helligt at strikke et par mere, når det blev efterår

During spring, I knitted mittens for my youngest niece. Unfortunately, they were rather small, but things worked out, because
1) she only had to use them for a few weeks
2) she LOVES the pattern and the cats
3) I promised her very sincerely to make her some new mittens when fall came

Nu er det så efterår, og det tykke wollmeise var både i hus og der var udvalgt farver, så jeg skulle sådan set bare i gang!
I Riga i weekenden var garn og pinde taget med, men de planlagt pind 3,5 gjorde at det lignede poser mere end vanter. Det gik meget bedre på pind 2,5, og da jeg jo ikke havde andre pinde med, blev der bare strikket over stok og sten så vanterne ret hurtigt blev færdige.
Når de nu er strikket i Riga, og iøvrigt er bygget op som de lettiske vanter, man kunne købe overalt, så er det vel nærmest lettiske vanter, ikke?

Now fall is here, the thick wollmeise was bought and the colors chosen, so I just had to get started!
In Riga this weekend, I brought pattern, yarn and needles, but the planned size 3.5 mm needles made them look like bags instead of mittens. Size 2.5 mm was way better, and since these were the only needles I brought, I knitted away and the mittens finished quite fast.
Since they were knitted in Riga and the pattern construction is like the Latvian mittens that could be bought everywhere, these mittens are almost Latvian, don't you think?

Farverne hedder Frizzi Frizzante og Fuchsia. Det er mit første projekt i wollmeise DK, og garnet er dejligt. Jeg har brugt 100 gram ialt.
Som det sidste touch fik kattene øjne af refleksgarn. Tror nok lige, der er nogle piger på Amager, der skal have gang i lommelygter og gadelamper for at tjekke effekten igen og igen!

The colors are Frizzi Frizzante and Fuchsia. It's my first project in wollmeise DK, and the yarn is nice. I used a total of 100 grams.
As a finishing touch, the cats eyes were made with reflex-yarn. I bet there will be some girls on Amager finding torches and street lamps in order to check this effect again and again!