Such gorgeous mittens! Great job, Veronique!
caitlyn | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 3:03 pm | #

Wow, the mittens look amazing! I like that they are fraternal. great colors! I have not jumped on the fair isle knitting bandwagon yet, I'm a littke skeered of it, but hopefully that won't last much longer. Happy New Year!
Allegra | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 3:10 pm | #

WHA???????!!!!!!!!! THe dominant is the CONTRAST COLOR?? Whoa! The things I learn everday. . . thanks, i never knew! d'oh!

and your mittens look great! fabulous job. i love that you swithced up the colors. nice mod.

my, your hair has gotten long. are your days at Vidal Sasoon over?
Sandra | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 4:03 pm | #

Lovely I like that the main color changes on the mittens and nice pics of you too! Happy New Year !
Wanett | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 4:32 pm | #

I learned some important things from your post that I will defnitely use in my knitting. Although I have read about knitting with colors in other articles, and have knitted some things with stranded colorwork, you have made it so clear and concise. Thanx!
Punkin | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 4:51 pm | #

yep, the dominant color is the color of the pattern not the background (though the background color is dominant by way of usage.) i can see how that would be confusing! regardless, those mittens turned out so cute i love how you flipped the colors. great way to keep interested in them.
gleek | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 5:23 pm | #

They are SO lovely!! And soft!! I can't wait to finish mine. I hope mine turn out as nicely as yours!
lisa | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 6:18 pm | #

Your mittens are gorgeous, beautiful knitting! The yarn dominance issue totally got me confused on my mitt-the way you describe it really clarifies it.
brooke | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 7:05 pm | #

Congrats on the finished mittens- they look lovely. Also thanks for the links on yarn dominance, they were very helpful in reclarifying that issue. Hope you have a very happy new year!
Ami | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 7:12 pm | #

Those mittens are gorgeous (as are you in all these pictures!) Happy New Year, Veronique!
Michelle | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 8:39 pm | #

thanks for the lesson on dominate yarns. i am going to definitely refer back in the not too distant future.

happy new year - i hope 2007 is wonderful to you.
jacqueline | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 8:45 pm | #

Your mitts are devine! Thanks for the links and info on dominant colour - very interesting! Happy New Year to you and your's!
Robin | Homepage | 12.31.06 - 10:26 pm | #

Cool - I've never really understood that before.

The mittens look great. Happy New Year!
nat | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 2:08 am | #

Love them! I had an experiment with yarn dominance on my endpaper mitts as well. To be reported soon. Happy New Year!
yaiAnn | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 2:16 am | #

Those look beautiful!!!!
Elinor | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 10:55 am | #

they look great! you seem to have got over the hatred of fair isle. I know what you mean about fair isle everywhere at the moment.

have some pink and brown yarns in VERY similar shades I was thinking of using for the same project! I'm not sure I have enough pink though, they may end up being the endpaper wristwarmers instead
alice | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 11:52 am | #

Simply stunning!
Skylar | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 12:15 pm | #

the mittens look gorgeous! i'm currently finishing ez's norwegian mittens and also switched the dominant colors for the second mitten, just to keep it interesting.
melissa | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 1:53 pm | #

Oh. My. God. I go away for 10 days, and I come back, and you have made these GORGEOUS mittens!!! I love them! And am utterly smitten. And they're cashmere? Hang on while I swoon.....
So, does this mean that you don't hate colorwork anymore?
Jessica | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 2:02 pm | #

Love the colors! Great job!
leslie | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 2:54 pm | #

love them! totally fabulous.
your discussion did make my head hurt a little. i've been holding one color in each hand, basically knitting continental with one and english with other, you know? not sure if that's right or not.
carrie m | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 3:19 pm | #

They look fantastic!! What a great last FO of the year. Thanks for the info on yarn dominance, I have the same issue as Carrie (using both hands) and can't quite figure out which is the dominant yarn.

PS, so glad the cashmere softened with a wash, can't wait to touchy-feely.
Schrodinger | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 3:27 pm | #

Wow, they are beautiful! I totally had the same experience with the color dominance - so now we know! Hooray for learning new things.

Happy New Year!!
Carrie | Homepage | 01.01.07 - 11:34 pm | #

Beautiful! Happy New Year!
EllenAlexandra | Homepage | 01.02.07 - 9:43 am | #

beautiful - i like how they are opposites. i learned about dominance the hard way also....
stacey | Homepage | 01.02.07 - 12:14 pm | #

oooo, great color choices in those mittens! I would have expected them to look more different, being opposites, but they look awesome!
Diana | Homepage | 01.02.07 - 1:14 pm | #

Oh, so pretty! Love the colors (and that they are reversed, how fun). I haven't started my colorwork yet, so your insight about dominance is over my head right now. But I'm sure It'll be fabulous to know once I start my mittens!
Katie | Homepage | 01.03.07 - 9:48 am | #

Those mittens are so absolutely gorgeous it makes me wish I had need of some... I particularly love the colors you chose.
Elizabeth | Homepage | 01.03.07 - 10:38 am | #

Love the mittens! I saved reading this post until a time when I could digest the info. I was doing my stranded work like you. Thanks for the detailed explanation of why what I was doing was wrong!
laura b | Homepage | 01.10.07 - 8:53 pm | #

Beautiful. I love the colours and the fact that they're opposites. x
Nora | Homepage | 01.11.07 - 2:38 pm | #

Love the mittens and thanks for the advice and links on yarn dominance. I am just starting my first stranded work - Corazen from knitty in pink and brown
Lyndsey-Jane | Homepage | 02.05.07 - 3:01 pm | #