Nuclear Knits: Where knitting is the bomb!

In our house we always have an advent calender. We used to have a fantastic one that was wooden with little doors. It was perfect. But as things always seem to happen when you really really love something it gets destroyed (this one happened to burn in our house fire). We have been looking for a good replacement, but they are not easy to come by. I came up with the fun idea of knitting different mittens for each day and hanging them on a rod. Of course DH thought it was a great idea. Right after Christmas I decided to get started and now have realized the errors of my way (25 mittens is a lot of work). I'm at 13.5 mittens currently and hoping to finish them up before the baby comes. We'll see. Fingers crossed that my next post on these is a 25 mittens finished post!

Project Details: These are for the Sole Sisters exchange. I hope to block them and get them in the mail this weekend. I used Knit One Crochet Two Ty-Dye Sock Yarn. Size 2 needles. I found the thumb to be a bit strange and I had a hard time getting gauge. These were started on January 1st and finished on January 21st. I like the cable repeat but will probably not make this pattern again.

These are the mittens I'm working on for Soul Sisters. I need to finish them up in the next week or two. I wish that I had paid more attention to the pattern before I started. Do you see all the stitch markers I need just to keep track of where I am. Pain in the butt, but worth it I hope!