A few weeks ago, I bought some yarn in the mill ends at Spinrite, and later identified it as Red Heart Gemstone. It looked like this:I had knitted one mitten from it when I took this picture, but now have finished that first ball of Flourite. I used Tin Can Knits’ World’s Simplest Mittens pattern. I got two pair of mittens out of it, in the second-largest size:

The repeat on the colour gradation was a bit more than the amount used in one mitten, so they don’t match. I knit as many as I could and made the best matches possible. You can see that I couldn’t match the thumb on the second one from the right. Hmm. Looking at the pattern picture, I might have knit fewer rows than specified for the ribbing. I get bored with ribbing and often end it early.

I have 13g of yarn left, but remember that these balls were underweight. They were between 140 and 145g, instead of 200g. From a full ball, then, it would be possible to get three pairs of mittens in this size.

I’ve cast on the smaller size in the Amethyst and am hoping to get three pairs out of that ball. We’ll see!

My Ravelry project page for these is right here.