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More Mittens in Gemstone

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Remember those three balls of Red Heart Gemstone I found in the mill ends at Spinrite? Here they are again:

Seconds of Red Heart Gemstone

The three balls are all a little light. They should be 200g each and are closer to 140g each, which would be why they were in the mill ends. I’m knitting mittens with the free pattern from Tin Can Knits called The World’s Simplest Mittens. I finished up the ball of Flourite and got two pairs of the second largest size out of it, with a bit of yarn left over.

World's Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits, knit in Red Heart Gemstone by Deborah CookeThe repeat on the colour was longer than the amount of yarn needed for one ball. I just knit the four, then matched them up the best I could.

Last week, I finished up the Amethyst ball. I made two pairs of the third size, then one pair in the second size – with some stripes of Flourite, just for fun. Here they are:
World's Simplest Mittens knit in Red Heart Gemstone by Deborah CookeIt’s interesting how the mitts matched more easily, even though this was the smaller size. The repeat on the gradation must be shorter in this colourway.

Next up, the red ball – Fire Agate!

Gemstone Mittens

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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:Seconds of Red Heart GemstoneI 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:

World's Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits, knit in Red Heart Gemstone by Deborah CookeThe 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.