Here we are in the final week of our mitten KAL for 2018. Our mittens are pretty much done except for the thumbs.
This week is all about doing the tops of the thumbs and any other finishing. Make sur...
Jan 26, 2018
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Welcome to clue 3! Here is my finished clue 2.
This week we will be finishing the hand of the mittens. The hand is finished the same for both the peasant and side-gore thumb versions.
Chose your own ...
Jan 19, 2018
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Ok, our cuffs are hopefully done! Here are mine.
Now we will be knitting the hand through the thumb divide. Well, through where the thumb stitches get set aside to work later.
This is also where the ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Welcome to the first clue of the 2018 mitten KAL. This week we will be knitting the cuff of our mittens. The cuff on these mittens is worked in a ribbing with larger knit sections, this allows for the...
Jan 05, 2018
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As our January KAL approaches, I wanted to talk a little bit about choosing your mitten size and, every knitters favorite topic, gauge.
Choosing Your Mitten Size
I don’t like to use the terms sm...
Dec 11, 2017
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Let’s knit up another wee sweater. This sweater is inspired by cosy, fair isle ski sweaters.
This is knit like the other two sweaters in the set, but has a little more colorwork. The pattern ha...
Nov 19, 2017
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It’s time to knit up the last of the mittens in our set. This mitten was inspired by the classic Norwegian mittens with the rows of snowflakes down them.
I do have one tip for knitting this one...
Nov 06, 2017
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We are up to the last of the stockings in our set and it is very appropriate since we actually have snow in the forecast this week in Minneapolis!
If you’ve been knitting along, you should find...
Oct 22, 2017
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I knew I wanted to have some sort of earflap hat as part of this KAL, just because they are so cute. I had made a version before as part of my tiny toques, but I was never completely happy with how it...
Oct 08, 2017
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It’s time for another wee sweater, this time it’s the sweater that inspired the whole idea for this KAL, the Wee Lopi Sweater.
Last April at the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild’s Ya...
Sep 25, 2017
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