FO Friday: Early Christmas Mittens - Spiralling Star Fingerless Mittens!

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Alright, I'm on a roll with the Finished Objects with a pair of Spiralling Star Fingerless Mittens! I started these as Birthday Mittens, and apparently, though they made a cameo on Instagram and into a Patreon Behind-The-Scenes, I never actually posted them on the blog! 

. . . I'm really not sure what to say about that, I could have sworn they were posted here.  ADHD strikes again, I guess?

But, my failure at social media scheduling aside, I do, in fact, have a Finished Object for FO Friday -- and, in an incredibly shocking turn of events, I have now completed Christmas Knitting in October (that's when I finished these) for the first time in my life. 

It feels weird. 

They weren't even originally Christmas Mittens. The were originally slated as Birthday Mittens, and, my giftee even saw the yarn I got from OddCat Yarns and gave her approval.  However, then, at the K-W Knitter's Fair, I saw absolutely gorgeous Dragon Pins from Dragon Strings.  So, those became the Birthday Gift, and the mitts got moved to Christmas.

 And now I've finished them!

Yarn, as I mentioned, is from OddCatYarns, it's their SW Merino/Nylon Sock yarn, in a wonderfully named colourway called "Gamma Ray"  They were done on my 2.75 mm *Knit Picks Circular Needles, and, I do actually suspect I could have gone up one more needle size and been just fine. 

My giftee knows at least somewhat what's she's getting, so these should go over very well - she picked the yarn, and then it was a discussion between socks or fingerless mittens.  I was told 'the yarn is too pretty to be hidden away as socks', so, after that, the choice was easy!

 Now that these are done, I'm focusing on some sample knitting for an upcoming magazine; as well as some projects for submissions!  Have you finished a project recently?  Feel free to share them in the Finished Objects channel of the Discord!