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Wednesday 13 Aug 2008
Meida’s Mittens — Sorta
I actually finished a pair of mittens! Shocking.
Pattern: Meida’s Mittens by Nancy Bush from Folk Knitting in Estonia
Yarn: Brunswick Pomfret (loooooooong discontinued, sport-weight wool). Who remembers this yarn??
Needles: Addi Turbo 12″ circular, 3.5mm
Ravelry: Link to the Ravelry project page.
Mods: I made a lot of mods to the pattern. I used a heavier weight yarn so I cast on 24 fewer stitches. The pattern calls for 5 different colors but I only had 4 so I took some poetic license with the stranded color pattern. I also worked a sore thumb instead of an afterthought thumb and I changed the shaping at the top of the hand. I worked the decreases the same as for a wedge toe on a sock. I also added a two-color braid to the cast-on edge . . . worked in the opposite direction for each mitten, of course:
I noticed only 7 people on Ravelry have knit this mitten. I don’t know why. It was quick and easy since only the cuff has colorwork, and the mittens are beautiful.
Friday I’ll give a little review of Folk Knitting in Estonia as the next book in my review series.
Monday 04 Aug 2008
Oooooh, Pretty Stamps
My pulse quicken this afternoon when I pulled into my driveway and saw this little morsel peeking out of my mailbox:
And the origin of these beautiful stamps?
Tucked inside was the impetus for all the mitten-knitting last week, which I viewed as a training exercise to get me in shape for the 100 patterns in this amazing book:
The book, Sata Kansanomaista Kuviokudinmallia by Eeva Haavisto, is a reprint of a 1947 edition that has been out of print for years. If you’re interested in seeing some of the mittens that have been knit from the patterns in the book, click on this link to Ravelry. My favorite is #95, which has a butterfly pattern.
There’s also a Ravelry group whose members are knitting their way through the book. Count me in!
Monday 28 Jul 2008
Mitten Madness
Although I have more than my fair share of single mittens crying for mates, I spent the better part of last week working on new mittens.
Don’t, for one minute, be deceived by the photo which would indicate that both pair are nearing completion. Completed mittens and I don’t have much in common.
I’ve also nearly finished writing up the pattern for the lace scarf I worked on during my vacation. Check back tomorrow and the pattern will be posted. I’m just double-checking the instructions one last time.
‘Til then, here’s a teaser:
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