Warmest Mittens Pattern Warning

I started this pattern last week in an effort to make myself a pair of mittens.  I have found that if you have a larger hands like I do the number of stitches it says to cast on is NOT enough.  I knitted this up a little ways and found that it was too tight and had to tear it out.  Instead of the required 36 stitches I have cast on 45 stitches on attempt number 2.  I'm hoping that this is the magic number.

And we have MITTENS!

Oh yeah!  Check those bad boys out!  My first attempt at double point knitting is finally complete!  Putting on the thumbs was a little challenging just because of the awkward angle.  They are made out of Three Irish Girls Irish Sea in their bulky weight.

Free Scarf Patterns

I joined a group on Yahoo for novice knitters this morning and I found a link to this webpage that is chock full of free scarf patterns.  Here's the link: Free Scarf Patterns.