Toasty toasty: the making of a granny fashionista

The most wonderful thing about all this Making Winter is that has made my mind run along all the things that I do actually like about the chilly season, and I have come to the conclusion that really winter is a granny fashionista's dream time.

In fact, winter is the home season for granny fashion style. Just think of it, the opportunity to don a lovely warm vest every day (and I do like a nice cosy vest as I mentioned before), every day is a cardi day (and of course I have the granny cardi at the ready) and Slack Alice that I am, I welcome the relief of wearing thick woolly tights and boots  - no need to worry about painted toenails or furry legs (in fact, furry legs might be warmer).

Toasty, toasty

And then comes my absolute favourite - woolly granny mitts to keep those fingers toasty, and I have just rustled up some from the delectably named and most comfortingly soft Skein Queen yarn - Duchess in Devonshire, with a couple of chichi stripes in Dove.


Perhaps the effect is more Dowager Duchess than Duchess of Cambridge, but I seem to have reached that stage in my life where I am moving more towards being an Alice in Wonderland duchess than a glamorously well-groomed, high-heeled one (I would only fall off the heels, I suspect, no, I know I would).

Filling the credibility gap

My first pair of Toasty granny mitts are still going strong - their short length makes them well suited for office wear (so you can see what a stylish office I work in), but to combat the howling gales and snowstorms that I anticipate this year, I have fashioned a rather longer pair to fill in the credibility gap that appears around the wrist area in those of us with gorilla arms, and also long enough for my fingers to retreat right inside if the air is really nippy.

Proof against nippiness

I did once knit some granny mitts with separate fingers, but I found that the effect was rather like those toe separators for painting your toenails (actually I am just imagining this, for I am not well-groomed enough to have such things), so I have gone back to my favourite Toasty pattern from Leslie at A Friend to Knit With.

A very simple knitting pattern

So if you would like to knit yourself some toasty granny mitts, you will find my handy hint tutorial here, and the details of my modifications to the original pattern on Ravelry here.

Are you planning on a granny winter? And what is your favourite granny wear? Do show and tell!

And I wish you a good weekend full of cosy granny happiness.