Knit Mitts

Knitting mittens was one of the most interesting things I have done. I tried a few online patterns that didn’t work; I had puffy mittens, large mittens, and thumb too short mittens. So I created a pattern for mittens on flat needles (I am not so great on double pointed ones). It’s not perfect and you may have to make adjustments, but it makes cute simple mittens. These mittens are usually for people with smaller hands.

Sarah’s Mittens Pattern

Using size 4 needles (knitting flat)

1.       CO 28 sts.

2.       Rib St. for 2.5 inches or more to your desire

3.       Row after rib st. K1 *(M1 K2) repeat * til last two sts., You should have 42 sts.

4.       11 rows stkn. st.

5.       Next row: K and M1 on the 15^th and 23^rd st.

6.       Next row: P and M1 15^th and 27^th st.

7.       K16 and then place 15 st. on holder, K rest

8.       Knit 14-16 rows stkn. st.

9.       Next row Ktog K3 and k last two st.

10.   Purl next row

11.   Next row Ktog K2 and K last two st.

12.   Purl next row

13.   Next row Ktog K1 and K last two st.

14.   Ptog P1 across

15.   Ktog across

16.   Use a yarn needle to sew through the rest of the sts.

17.   Mattress st. the inside of the mitten

18.   Thumb: Put those 14 sts. on your needle

19.   6-8 rows stkn. st. start with a K

20.   7^th row Ktog across

21.   8^th row Ptog across

22.   Cut yarn and crochet through mattress st.

Here is a picture of a hat, scarf and mittens (using this pattern). The woold is 100% marino

worsted wight.

Sarah’s Mittens Pattern

Using size 3 needles (knitting flat)

1.       CO 30 sts.

2.       Rib St. for 3 inches or more to your desire

3.       Row after rib st. K1 *(M1 K2) repeat * til last two sts., You should have 45 sts. (you might have to even this out)

4.       11 rows stkn. st.

5.       Next row: K and M1 on the 15^th and 23^rd st.

6.       Next row: P and M1 15^th and 27^th st.

7.       K16 and then place 15 st. on holder, K rest

8.       Knit 18-20 rows stkn. st.

9.       Next row Ktog K3 and k last two st.

10.   Purl next row

11.   Next row Ktog K2 and K last two st.

12.   Purl next row

13.   Next row Ktog K1 and K last two st.

14.   Purl row

15.   Knit row

16.   Purl Row

17.   Ktog whole next row

18.   Use a yarn needle to sew through the rest of the sts.

19.   Mattress st. the inside of the mitten

20.   Thumb: Put those 14 sts. on your needle

21.   9 rows stkn. st. start with a K

22.   10^th row Ktog across

23.   11^th row Ptog across

24.   Cut yarn and crochet through mattress st.

Here is a picture of the size 3 needle mittens. The wool is 100% acrylic from Michael's
worsted weight.

The Sweater Gift

Last year for Christmas I made Christopher a sweater. It was my first attempt at sweater knitting, it was enjoyable and fun! I loved the yarn; however my Nonna said that when he wears this sweater, he won’t need a jacket, since it was very warm.  I used a thick 100% merino wool from the Naked Sheep on Queen (which is now closed). It was an awesome adventure, and I look forward to more sweater making.  I have made myself a nifty sweater since which you will see in an upcoming post. This is Christopher wearing it :) 

Harry Potter

My sister and cousin are Harry Potter enthusiasts. Thus I attempted my first colour change 2 years ago with Sandra’s Harry Potter scarf. However she has since retired it, I wasn’t sure how to weave in ends properly, it started coming apart. Since then I have learned my lesson and I attempted my second Harry Potter scarf for Jessica. I even added tassels. The scarf look great! As you can tell both Sandra and Jessica belong to the house of Gryffindor.  In this middle is Christian, he is sporting a crocheted Slytherin scarf made by Jessica (she is the crochet woman of the family).

For all you Harry Potter fans, my friend Natalie bought this amazing book for Harry Potter Fans who knit, its called Charmed Knits ( this is the amazon link: http://www.amazon.ca/Charmed-Knits-Projects-Harry-Potter/dp/0470067314). I made a bookmark with my sister Sandra on her first knitting club day, which was about a year ago, she is an amazing knitter now!

The Knitting Club First Post!

As an avid knitters for the past three years, I thought it would be fun to begin a blog.
I plan to include knits, tips, tricks, ideas and pictures. This is a picture of my sister Laura
and I at the kitchen table, I recently got her to join the knitting sensation! We are knitting frilly scarves-look for the upcoming post!