FO Friday- Flip top mitts and a University square

My stash clear out is turning up quite a few pairs of balls in yummy yarns. This time it was the turn of the Super alpaca (da da da daaaa!). It is gorgeous, so soft and squishy and yum. I tried to draw you an alpaca in a cape, but my drawing skills are not good so I left it off the post. Also look for the very cross cat on the label for added laughs.

Its a mitten:

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But wait, a mitten with a secret, ta da!

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And a wooden button (mmm, I love wooden buttons) to hold the flip top in place
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The pattern is Fingerless Gloves/Glittens by Dawn Beck. I did fiddle with the lengths of each knitted section a bit to make them fit as I wanted.

I got half way round the first row of little finger on the first mitten when I remembered I had said I was not making anything with digits ever again (after the toe socks). It is a bit like hedgehog wrestling, that said the mittens were not too bad to do. It may have been due to the thicker yarn. But twelve ends to sew in per mitten- ugh!
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In other fibrey news- the lid on my stash box now closes, I bought a bigger box :D. It was at the almost closing stage but I decided I wanted something with a more mothproof lid just in case and accidentally (he he) bought a bigger tub.

I also got my first "you should sell those" about some handknit socks. As ever the person suggesting it wanted me to sell then for diddly squat, I did try to explain, but he just was not convinced. I shall be keeping my socks.

The square for this week is another made from UK RAK yarn, so I have no idea what it is. By coincidence it is in my University colours so I may have to find out; I would love to graduate (fingers crossed) in a pair of hand knitted Uni colour socks.
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