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Mittens for Me

December 6, 2007 By Carole

Thank you all for the nice compliments on Hannah’s new hat. I agree that it looks smashing on her. However, I found it on the floor under the computer desk this morning. You would think that Hannah would know better than to treat hand knits in this manner and yet, there it was. So, Hannah’s in a bit of a hand knit time out, if you know what I mean.

The good news about that, though, is that these new mittens are now for me.

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This is the farthest I have ever gotten on a stranded mitten. I’ve tried before but always ended up ripping them out because my tension would be all wonky and it would look like crap. But, a little advice from my library knitting group gurus and I think I’m finally on the right track with this stranded knitting business. Yippee!

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I can’t say I’m at the point of actually enjoying the process just yet, though. I haven’t figured out how to hold both yarns at the same time — I’m a thrower — and that makes for slow going. On the other hand, I do love watching the pattern emerge and find myself knitting “just one more row” to see what happens next.

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Sometimes I think I am way too easily entertained.

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  1. Manise says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:00 am

    Pretty mittens! Time out for Hannah handknits indeed!

  2. Ruth says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:18 am

    That “just one more row” thing is why I like self-patterning sock yarn.

  3. Kathy says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:19 am

    Rut row, Hannah. I’m a thrower too — it looks great! Colorway is definitely in the air.

  4. maryse says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:26 am

    i knit joe a hat last year. he wore it once and then it disappeared into the pit of hell that is his truck. i was sure it was gone forever. and then it showed up again on his head while he was doing leaves a couple of weeks ago.

    anyway, the hat is cute, the kid is cuter and the mittens are going to be fantastic.

  5. Mel says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:40 am

    Simple, dear. You’ve gotta learn how to hold one color in each hand. If this confirmed picker can learn to do it, then so can a confirmed thrower. I’m sure of it.

  6. margene says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:46 am

    I’m a one color in each hand knitter. It takes practice to get a good tension but you’re doing very well! Knitting is as entertaining as a hobby can be…every stitch bring such joy!

  7. Beth says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:03 am

    Your mittens look great. That’s nice to be doing some knitting for yourself!

  8. Robin in VA says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:11 am

    Beautiful mittens!!

    “Knitting Time Out” is exactly why DD doesn’t get any handknits!

  9. Karen says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:14 am

    Your mitten looks great!! Will you share the little advice to help with tension? I too am a thrower and can’t keep tension with two colors.
    Oh I know about kids and handknits. We went to pick H up at school and the scarf I had recently knit her was laying on the floor along with just about everything else she owns.

  10. Dave Daniels says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:17 am

    Well, you conquered cables, so this should be a breeze, too. I’ve always wanted to try this technique, but i think my first attempt should be a small bag or something cylindrical. (NO thumbs to worry about.)

  11. Anne says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:23 am

    Those are gonna be gorgeous. Your tension looks picture-perfect to me!

  12. Carol says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:27 am

    They look expertly done to me! Nice! Mt kids keep their hats in same place Hannah does! And a bunch of other stuff too;)

  13. Kirsten says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:40 am

    That “just one more row” thing propells me through stranded work. It is so much fun to watch the pattern emerge.
    Your mittens are looking beautiful. The tension seems just right.

  14. Deb says

    December 6, 2007 at 9:18 am

    I’m a thrower too but seem to do ok with a color in each hand. But your mitten and Margene’s are giving me the bug to go dig out my Latvian book!! It’s beautiful!! Go easy on Hannah – at least she loved it for a while!

  15. Birdsong says

    December 6, 2007 at 9:47 am

    Your mittens look so festive! Isn’t it wonderous watching the colorwork develop?

  16. Martha says

    December 6, 2007 at 10:29 am

    I have tried and tried to learn to knit with one color in each hand and I finally just gave up. What I do instead is lay both colors over my right index finger and rotate between them. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than letting go and picking up over and over again.

  17. Wool Winder says

    December 6, 2007 at 10:48 am

    Very pretty! I haven’t done much stranded knitting before…only one hat that changed colors every other stitch. You are inspiring my to try something more challenging.

  18. sandy says

    December 6, 2007 at 10:48 am

    I love your mitts. And don’t you deserve something you made for you after all you do for others. Enjoy the process and the mittens. I bet we won’t see them under the computer desk. haha Have a great day. sandy

  19. JessaLu says

    December 6, 2007 at 10:57 am

    *gasp* she left it on the floor!? She’s in big trouble with the knitting police! ;o)

    Glad to see you’re breaking out of your monochromatic era… ;o))

  20. Carrie says

    December 6, 2007 at 11:10 am

    Sounds like the beginning of a colorwork addiction, if you ask me. My first “real” lace project was like that. I didn’t like it, it was uncomfortable and I wanted my fat squooshy yarn and bigger needles, but I couldn’t stop because each row brought something new.
    Shame on Hannah for dumping that lovely hat on the floor. She’s lucky you don’t go buy her some nasty scratchy squeaky sweater and make her wear it instead of her nice ones, so she’ll remember why she should care for handknits.

  21. christine says

    December 6, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    Chester has been on handknits timeout since he ate the ribbing on his last sweater…………

    I love Hannah’s hat, and your mittends (that is the way I think it should be spelled) are delightful! Loverly!

  22. michaele says

    December 6, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    Ooh – what was the advice they gave you? My stranded fair isle glove is currently on pause. I am not looking forward to weaving in all those ends!!

  23. Emily says

    December 6, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    Oh the shame (Hannah’s that is)! But at least you got some cool mittens out of it. My trouble with stranding is that I can’t keep the yarn wrapped around my fingers and end up pinching it. I have to do that when I knit regularly too – it’s just tougher with one strand of yarn pinched in each hand. I run out of fingers for needle holding.

  24. Lucia says

    December 6, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    Oooh, so pretty! I’ve made only 1 1/2 pairs of stranded mittens so far, but seeing all the lovely ones has definitely got me itching for more. I do recommend learning to pick if you can — it goes ***much*** faster with two hands.

    (Have you seen Alwen’s blog? She does double knitting Continental style, holding one yarn on the middle and one on the index finger. So far I’ve been unable to master the technique, but it’s pretty amazing, and if it can be done left-handed I can’t imagine why it couldn’t be done right-handed.)

  25. Cookie says

    December 6, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    I bet it was Mason. In a fit of jealously over not having any hand knits of his own. You know what cats can be like.

    You’re doing great with that mitten, Carole! Keep it up.

  26. Danielle says

    December 6, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    Nice work! You think you’re easily amused? Self striping sock yarn and Noro still entertain me for hours …

  27. Michelle says

    December 6, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Oh, that’s beautiful! Isn’t it wonderful when things click all of a sudden?

  28. Dianna says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    Your colorwork is coming along nicely, and the mitten is loverly! And Christmas-ey to boot!

  29. Teresa says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    What a beautiful mitten! I was going to buy this book online, but I was so afraid it was in Swedish or Norwegian. What an odd thought huh?

    Ooo..on the floor huh? Uh oh. Well, I’m sure she now knows that millions of knitters across the world are now clucking our tongues and shaking our heads in unison. (I would say wagging our fingers too…but that’s in an extreme case scenario only.) 😀

  30. Hillary says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    They look great. I’m working on a stranded hat but it’s really slow going for some reason.

  31. elizabeth says

    December 6, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    Colorwork IS entertaining! It just flies (that whole “one more row” thing. I love it. I want to do MORE!

  32. Cheryl S. says

    December 6, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    Good luck with the mittens – it looks like you’re doing great so far! I just cast on for my first colorwork, but haven’t gotten past the first few plain rows yet. I’m planning to try one of those Norwegian knitting thimbles that have yarn guides on them so you can carry 2 colors in the same hand. (I’m a picker, and I’m afraid I’d totally suck at throwing.)

  33. Debi says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    I love this mitten and it couldn’t go to a more deserving recipient.

    Here’s a secret…every time I see that book my brain reads it as “Selbuttlover” 🙂

  34. marianne says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:55 pm

    As we all are, eh? (easily entertained)..
    They’re looking beautiful!
    I’m a thrower also and I just keep tossing my ‘traveling’ ball of yarn around… one of these days I’ll figure out the easy way.. as in both hands holding a colour.

  35. Jen in CT says

    December 6, 2007 at 6:07 pm

    Those are extremely pretty mittens. I haven’t tried color work yet, but I may be inspired to do it now!

  36. Julie says

    December 6, 2007 at 6:16 pm

    Very pretty! I’ve got to get around to trying some colorwork. It’s on my list 🙂

  37. theLady says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    Nothing more entertaining than knitting!

  38. Karen says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:20 pm

    Looks like you have the tension thing figured out for sure. I have a couple of books with colorwork mitten patterns, but have yet to try any of them. Someday…

  39. Kim says

    December 6, 2007 at 7:28 pm

    I’m a thrower too and color knitting is the hardest thing for me to do…..although I am going to give it a try again:-)

    Your mitten looks perfect!

  40. Susan says

    December 6, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    Oooh. That mitten looks great!

  41. Sylvia says

    December 7, 2007 at 1:48 am

    I am making myself wait to open that book until after we have moved. I’m a reacher so carrying colors in both hands is easy. I used to throw, but fell in love with colourwork and converted!

    If we put people on time out for handknits on the floor in this house, we’d all be nekkid… Why not wear the hat yourself and not say anything until she does? Tell her you’re training the hat to stay on a head instead of throwing itself on the floor.

  42. Teyani says

    December 7, 2007 at 5:44 am

    they look beautiful Carole. After my experience with 2 colors in making Erin’s scarf, I have decided to hold off on any further stranded knitting.. it was very tough to get my tension right. I’ll look forward to hearing all your tips and techniques discoveries 🙂

  43. Laurie says

    December 7, 2007 at 6:47 am

    I’m really impressed. WHat were the hints? I took Galina’s continental knitting class so I could strand with the left hand. I can do the knit stitch tightly (HAVE to fix that), and the poorl stitch poorly.

  44. Lisa says

    December 7, 2007 at 6:56 am

    Beautiful mittens! I too love seeing the pattern emerge and often say “just one more row”. What yarn are you using?

  45. Paula says

    December 7, 2007 at 9:25 am

    Gorgeous mittens. My last attempt was too tight, and was frogged, but the yarn in inextricably twisted around itself. sigh

  46. Beth S. says

    December 7, 2007 at 11:30 am

    Oh wow! That is purty! 🙂

    I’ve never succeeded at stranded mittens either. But this winter, that is going to change!…

  47. Jessica says

    December 7, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    Oooh good choice! I just got the book and am dying to knit something from it. If only there were more hours and less of them at work! 😉

  48. Mia says

    December 7, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    I love the colors you are using. And it also take me forever to finish stranded knitting since I carry both yarns in my left hand. I am going to make a pair of mittens from that book this winter too.

  49. lolly says

    December 7, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    I have just fallen in love with colorwork. I am still figuring out the techniques and finding what works for me. It looks like your mitten will be perfect! I love the red and white. Traditional AND modern! 🙂 I think I need to pick up a copy of this book!

  50. Judy says

    December 7, 2007 at 4:15 pm

    Consider yourself lucky. You might have well found her on the floor under the computer table. Teens.

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