Mittens, part 2

I finished the Niuniu inspired mittens!

Again, I asked poor pup to model with the mits.

Here they are. Making up the design as I went turned out to be easier than I thought. I tried designing the pattern on paper at first, but that attempt turned out fruitless - I couldn't perceive how the pattern would translate from paper to yarn. Seeing it evolve straight in knitting was easier - I did have to take some double takes and figuring out the head and ears took some time.

With the second mitten the hardest part was figuring out the correct placement of the "decorative patches of dark yarn", since I wanted the mits to be mirrored, yet identical.

The back side. Except for the striped part, there are two yarns involved all the time to make the mittens more warm. At the top part and thumb this was done using two separate bundles of dark yarn, first knitting one loop from one bundle, then from another, and so on.

Niuniu inspects the mittens. First a sniff.

Then taste.

Then try.

They're fine, let's go!

P.s. The dog was not harmed during photographing the mittens! After I'd gotten the pics and sat down on the sofa to see what I got, she snuggled right beside me to get some cuddles.