I love making mittens. As much as I love
turning a heel in a sock (it is always thrilling, no matter how many pairs I
have made, every single time the heel turn just amazes me...) there is
something very appealing in making mittens. I have intentions of knitting one
pair in every possible way I can. I have tried twined knitting, double
knitting, fair-isle, crochet, tunisian crochet, bead knitting, Korsnäs mittens,
but there still are many to try plus I want to revisit these old techniques and
design something in every technique. Would love to dedicate one whole year (or ten) to
mittens only and see where I would end up. Hopefully some day.
While I wait for that to happen, I made this pair
maybe a year ago and I don't think you have seen these yet, again I don't remember... The yarn I
used is Hjertegarn Mini Vital, which is all superwash wool but even though it
is superwash, it does not have this plastic feel to it. Excuse me for saying
so, but sometimes wool loses its soul in the superwash treatment. I used 2,25mm
needles, love small gauge.
These were inspired by the traditional SkoltSámi (this link takes you to the site of Siida, where you can find future
reading of life and culture in Sámi land) mittens.
Hope you all have a good weekend. I had a busy morning, so my post comes little late today, but now I am drinking hot glögg, it is already getting dark, even though it is only three in the afternoon, I will light candles and knit for a little while.
Wool with you,
Lene
PS. Mostly the reindeer find their own food
but there are times when extra food is needed; especially some winters are very
difficult for them. We do have moose and lately
those are very lovely mittens, they look so soft.
ReplyDeleteLovely mittens and MOOSE!! I have never ssn one in real life. That must be amazing.
ReplyDeleteYour mittens are so very pretty!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have been LOVING the reindeer and animal pictures - you are so lucky to get to see them!
I love it when something functional is also beautiful, and your mittens are certainly that! I also feel the same way about turning heels; it's almost magical and I am full of admiration for the knitter that first tried it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mittens! But even more beautiful are the moose feeding at your door!
ReplyDeleteoh.....mittens!!! I've made myself the same kind of promise to knit a year's worth of mittens, and then something comes along to distract me. Love these you just made. Am hoping to educate myself on all the traditionals out there. :)
ReplyDeleteyou should write a book of your mitten designs...i would be first in line to buy it :) gorgeous knitting
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring work. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mittens! I love knitting them also and have designed a technique to knit the thumb without cutting the yarn, kind like turning a heel though much more exciting!
ReplyDeleteLovely mittens...and I so agree about turning the heel. I feel as though I've done a magic trick every time I accomplish it.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you feed the deer/moose? We just moved outside the city and we have a family of whitetail deer living in our neighbourhood. They come to our back yard quite often. If we having another winter like last year, I'll likely want to put out something for them. Not sure what they would eat besides apples and veggies.
ReplyDelete