I subscribe to Rowan‘s knitting magazine, partly because I love the patterns and partly because I love the photography. These “magazines” are really beautiful books.

Each year, magazine subscribers receive a gift from Rowan. It’s usually yarn with a pattern, and is a good way to try out their yarns. Usually, I don’t quite knit the pattern supplied with the yarn. Sometimes, it just goes into the stash and doesn’t get knit at all. This year, I decided to just do it, and knit the supplied pattern. Here’s the result:The pattern is called Icicle Mitts (although it’s Ice Cable Mitts in this Ravelry link), and it’s by Martin Storey. The yarn is Colourspun in Jervaulx – you can see that there’s variation in the colour of the yarn as it goes. The colour is fairly true in this picture, and not as vividly red as shown on their website. These were a pretty easy and quick knit, and are surprisingly warm, even with all the holes in the lace. They come up to my elbows, so I’m not sure when I’ll wear them, but they’re pretty. Here’s my Ravelry project page with some notes.

And they’re one project that was finished this winter!