Beethoven Mittens finished!

The Beethoven mittens are finished!
The basic design aims to be quite simple, with a single colour and minimal shaping. 
The flip tops are a little more involved - the fingers and the thumb both flip back, which I find really useful when moving in and out of cold places, and for fiddling with phones and things.  Making the thumb flip back is slightly unusual, but I find you need that too, particularly for smartphones.
I was expecting the openings to be more of a problem - with two layers of rib, they're quite thick, which I thought might be a bit awkward, but seems fine.

I changed the text from what I had planned, so the final two lines are:
"Alle Menschen werden Bruder"
"Und der Cherub steht vor Gott"
I decided that I liked the contrast between the two statements.
The font is aiming to be a little gothic, so the letters are tall, narrow and angular, and the heights are a little quirky.
This was quite fiddly, and took a few goes at it.  The problem with writing is that you have to figure out coherent rules and principles for all the letters, so they have a consistent look and feel.

I was amazed how much space they took too - I thought this would fit easily, but it was pretty close.

So, I'm pretty happy with how these turned out!  I'm enjoying wearing them, and they're a great reminder to be joyful all the time :)

*edit - realised later that I'd missed an "n" from "Menschen".  I went back and corrected that, but forgot to take a photo afterwards.  Ah well.*

Happy knitting!
Hugh.