In the last post, I asked if anyone had knit mittens this winter and said I hadn’t. Well DUH! I remembered this morning that I made some for my mother-in-law, and here they are (with a matching hat).
inside out
From the book “Norwegian Handknits”. My mother-in-law was going to Austria over the holidays and she really did need some new mittens and a hat that fit her. I was glad to make these for her, and I think they turned out pretty well.
I haven’t but I was wondering if anybody else had…. Yooo hoooo! Is anybody out there?
I made some mittens a few weeks ago for my friend Kim in North Carolina who was headed up to Canada. I didn’t get them to her in time to go to Canada but there was snow when she came back and she was happy.
Even though the pictures are pretty good, I don’t think they show just how pretty these things are in person. I will probably make these again sometime; it’s a really different way to make mittens.
Pattern: Mittenz
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Expression, 2 skeins red/orange, 1 skein grey/black (counts as a “super bulky” yarn)
Needle: size 10 US (6.0 mm)
Ravelry link: Mittenz for Kim
This is a quick knit and fun to do, since the construction is sideways.
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It was a wrench to send these Chevalier Mittens by Tikru to my Mitten Swap pal, but I did it. Alas, my digicam has trouble capturing both their color and texture – they’re worked in Malabrigo Worsted colorway Pagoda and are the softest and loveliest of mittens.
The pattern is well-written with exceptionally clear cable chart symbols, and only needed modification for length. See more on my blog or on Ravelry.
The last pair of mittens I’ve knitted this winter is the Rosebud mittens 2. This pattern is made after a pair I saw in the National Museums collections. The original original is called the Kurikka mitten, but this collection pair is attributed to Ilmajoki, where the knitter has changed the colours and added a zigzag line to the original pattern. I have more historical info on the mittens on my blog, and also the pattern for my version of the mittens. It’s in a terrible blog-entry only state, perhaps I’ll have it up as an pdf later. Anyhow, here they are, the Rosebud mittens, version 2.
I did also last autumn finish a pair of Anemoi mittens and a pair of Endpaper mitts. The Endpapers are knitted exactly according to Eunny’s pattern, but for the Anemois I changed the top to a more pointy in order to get the mittens to suit my hands better. You can look at progress pictures here:Endpaper mitts and Anemoi .
I got a kind reminder some time ago that I haven’t posted a finished picture of my Seiskari mittens. So here we go. The mittens are knitted with Isager Tvinni, a thin Danish merino 2ply and 2mm dpns. Size big teenager hands. You can see more pictures of the knitting process on my blog The Yarn Nest . There is also a link in the sidebar to my gallerypage with all the mittens I’ve knitted according to old Finnish patterns.
The short story:
Harrisville Yarns
fingering weight
approx. 215 yards (approx. 196 m) -
$3.50/skein
The longer story:
I keep taking this one book out of the library, because I so love the pictures not only of the sweaters, but the locale. It’s “Sweaters from a New England Village” by Candace Eisen Strick. The yarns come from Harrisville Yarns wich is located in my home state of New Hampshire. By they way, while I was growing up there, I did knit but had no idea that amazing place or groovy yarn like that even existed.
I’m doing another swap and I did need more fingering weight yarns to do what I want to for my partner so I started looking around and I was definitely thinking about Harrisville yarns-their colors are so lovely. Whilst knocking about on the web, I found that the Sheep’s Tale had a few colorways and they are almost half off retail. I ordered almost every color……
Just thought all y’all mitten knitters would like to know. 
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but finally, happily, I have sent them to my mother and not only do they fit, but they match the scarf I made her two years ago. Which was the point.
Whew!
For those who are interested, I go into more detail here.
My sister and I both read. We also both have January birthdays. I knit, she does not. So, when I recently realized how nice fingerless mitts are to wear while reading on cold winter mornings – I decided to make her a pair. These are made from Plymouth Baby Alpaca DK, so they are extremely soft and cuddly. The pattern is “Ribbed Mitts” to be found on Ravelry. A favorite of mine – I have knit it 3 times! 
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