Litch, please. You aren’t out there throwing magic missiles with some piddly little D4s. You show up every day bringing that Half-Orc Barbarian Great Axe, “I would like to Rage” vibe. You woke up and chose violence.

You’ve got Big Dice Energy.

What a freaking dumpster fire the last month has been. Democracy is crumbling, Gilead is rising, an Adderall shortage has me forced to remember how I used to be before treatment, and my productivity has been just garbage. I don’t say it in a self deprecating way, but my poor mental health has prevented me from getting things done. And getting things done is an essential feature of my self-care. Have you ever heard the adage that making your bed in the morning will make your whole day more productive because you got something done first thing? That is me to a tee. The less I get done the less I feel capable of getting done.

The icing on the cake was Friday night when our website migrated servers (which doesn’t involve us, but does take things out of commission for a bit), something went sideways and now we’re having issues with our shop. It’s being handled and we anticipate that it will be dealt with today. But until it’s fixed we can’t add new products and that means that the new Geek-A-Long kit listing which is 100% dyed, dried, and ready to list and ship couldn’t be posted on Sunday. As soon as the bug gets fixed we’ll list it, and I have no reason to believe there will be any further delays in this round of GAL patterns, and the project sheet will release this Sunday as planned. But it was one more thing not getting done.

So I decided it was time to get something done!

I designed Big Dice Energy around the time the iKnitiative Cardi was finishing up in testing as a companion piece, along with a pullover, sweater vest, and cowl.

I never got around to knitting any of them, so I’m excited to at long last bring you the next piece in my DM collection: Big Dice Energy Mitts!

These knits were a blast to knit, and I knocked them out in an insane coffee fueled 24 hours. I started Friday when things went buggy with the migration, blocked Saturday, photographed Sunday, and now here they are for you on Monday. And folks, it feels so good to have just done something. It was also really fun to just pull up one of the patterns that I had designed a while ago and start knitting right away. I need to do that more often.

I wish I could make every pattern free. If I were independently wealthy, that’s what I’d do. But we have to keep the lights on, so I have to charge. But the way things are, I think it feels right to make this one as accessible as possible.

I’ve been rolling a 1 on productivity, so I’m setting these at $1 for the rest of the month. No coupon code needed, the promo will automatically apply in your cart. They made me feel better. I want that for you.

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About Big Dice Energy Mitts

The Big Dice Energy mitts are worked in the round with stranded knitting. This pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

Recommended Yarn: Two skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colorways.

Sample is a shown in

• Color A: Stars Hollow (navy)
• Color B: Font of Magic (pink)

When choosing your yarn, make sure that Colors A contrasts strongly with Color B. I recommend taking a photograph of the yarns together, and then changing it into black and white to see if the colors contrast strongly enough.

Needles: US2 / 2.75 mm to work in Magic Loop or size needed to obtain gauge.

I prefer the Magic Loop method when knitting mitts. If you are more comfortable using DPNs or two circulars, this pattern is easily converted.

Sizing: One Size: 10 inches long and 8 inches in circumference after blocking.

As with many colorwork mitts, these were designed with no ease. To adjust the size of your mitts, you will need to go up or down a needle size. For instance: On size US0/2mm (US2/2.75mm) needles, 34(30) sts should equal 4 inches to knit mitts with a 7.5(8.5) inch circumference.

~ Megan-Anne

Coincidentally, 5 is the number of days I’ve had to go without Adderall this month due to the shortage. So taking $5 off felt like a perfect way to balance the Universe. Well, if not the universe then at least your knitting que. We all fight entropy in our own ways <3