Celtic Handwarmers

So here we have a pair of socks which I made, thinking how cool it would be to knit these while on my trip to England last summer with Rachel. I found this Celtic Spiral intarsia pattern and some yarn I loved and I made these lovely socks. And then I tried to wear them. And the intarsia made it really, really hard to get them on over my heel. But since I'd worn them once, I washed them. And they started to shrink and felt (apparently this yarn I loved was not superwash yarn) which made it even harder to get them on my feet. But I loved them so much I couldn't just let them go, so: I turned them into fingerless gloves. I frogged the socks back to the intarsia bit and then just knit on as if I had been making gloves the whole time. November in Canada is the perfect time of year for these things: the steering wheels are cold, but my fingers are still available for fine motor tasks like buckling seat belts and tuning radio stations. I'm getting a lot more use out of them, and even though it took me a couple of tries, these are totally worth it. Plus I get the added bonus of admiring my handiwork every time I'm driving somewhere in the car.
Pattern: Celtic Spiral Socks by Catherine Devine (modified)
Yarn: Araucania Ranco Multy and Patons Kroy Socks 4-ply