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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Oct 29 2008 : 7:43:43 PM
As I was going through some of my older issues of Spin Off,(looking for my next knitting project), I came across this warm looking pair of fleece lined mittens...in the Spin Off Winter 2001 issue. (pictures in my blog) I had looked at this magazine at least fifty times but this time these mittens took my eye. I think I always thought they were too hard or looked too difficult for me to tackle...but..they are sooooo simple! Have you ever done that?
I spun up some of Miss Patch's brown wool and used some very soft lamb's fleece for the inside and they feel so warm and soft.
I knitted one of the mittens in 2 evenings while watching TV...that includes stitching them up. The mittens are knitted on 2 needles size 3 needles...no 4 or 5 needles working in the round on this project. Simple cast on 53, Row 1. p1k1 across Row 2. K1 P1 across and on row three start inserting wool fleece on every 4th knit st. and continue to add locks of fleece on every fourth st on every forth row for the entire mitten. The thumb is also a piece of cake.
Now that is why I never throw away a Spin off magazine or a MJ Magazine! I have taken pictures and put them on my blog.
God Bless
Sarita in NE Mo
Connie...take a look...I think they would be Alaska warm! Spinners and knitters...time to make mittens.
Everyone that trys this mitten on wants a pair!
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| OregonGal |
Posted - Nov 26 2008 : 6:18:29 PM
I started my mittens and they are coming along so beautiful, I just can't believe how soft and comfortable
and warm they are, and they aren't even done yet (I keep trying them on - lol!) I'm just using lionbrand
wool yarn, chocolate brown color, and my roving is a little darker brown - these will be the chocolate chip mittens
and I will give them to my dd for Christmas. These are sooooo nice. Your mittens look very padded...I'm
dividing my roving pieces in half (lengthwise) so its easier to get around the needle. Thanks again for the
great idea Sarita. I'll keep looking at your blog to see your fleece and what your prices are.
I added a picture, I hope its not too big. My chocolate chip mittens......
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 08:25:21 AM
I have had so many people email me about getting the wool to make these mittens so we decided to put together some small sacks of wool for this purpose. If you just want enough of the clean wool to make a pair of mittens watch my blog in the next day or two. I have white and dk brown wool clean and unprocessed or carded in rovings in white and dk brown. We are also thinking about putting mitten kits together with the wool yarn. I have had some gals ask me for school colors and I am dying the yarn and wool today for black and gold. By the end of the day, I will attempt to update my blog with pictures and prices.
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 7:46:21 PM
I think on the first pair that I used smaller pieces and probably just used 1-2 or so oz. but this pair with the lime green, I am really padding them up but using thinner yarn to knit them. I would safely say that I have over 2 oz in them now and not quite done. I had a gal ask me to sell her some wool so she could knit some of these mittens. She decided on 1 lb of clean wool. That will make quite a few pairs of mittens. In fact 8 oz of clean wool will make 3-4 pairs anyway. Now if you are buying raw, dirty wool you will need probably 6 oz to wash and make a pair.
Cold tonight in Missouri
Throwing on another quilt
Sarita
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 07:38:52 AM
Thanks Chris, I will give this a try.
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| OregonGal |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 8:38:20 PM
Sarita, try copying this url: http://www.maryjanesfarm.com/snitz/active.asp
and then paste it into your browser window....This brings me right to MaryJanes farmgirl connection
forum and all the current topics going on. At the top, to the right of the farmgirl connection logo
you should see an option of reloading, and when you click on it there are many options to choose from. Many people
go right to Maryjane's Farm website, and then to the topics/forum, but this brings you right to the forum topics - I don't
know how you get to the forum, what all you do to get there. There's also a place, right under Maryjane's Farmgirl
Connection Logo where you can choose how far back you want to see posts - I bring up the site and wait until its
finished loading, then I go to that option and click on the last two days (I limit my time on the coputer so I don't want
to sift thru two weeks, or even one whole week of past posts, I just don't have the luxury of all the time it takes to read all
of them - I'd like to but I can't). If I have started a topic, I'll go to the right and below the logo, where the option is
for reloading, and click on every 5 minutes so I can see if there are replys. I also think there is a place you can
subscribe to a topic so that it will send you an email when someone has replied to your post. I hope some of this
makes sense to you.
Thank you all for your posts about the amount of roving to add to the mittens. Michele, I need to know how
much "locks" total weight/length - because since I don't have locks of fleece to add I am using roving for that.
Sarita, I'd be happy to send you a picture of my knitted roosters, but you'll have to send me an email with your
email address - they don't allow for that from here.
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 20 2008 : 04:01:32 AM
I weighed my yarn before I started, and I had 4 ounces of bulky yarn. I just finished the hand part, and I went through just a bit more then the 4 ounces. I have to go back and do the thumbs yet. This pattern is for bulky homespun, and working it on #9 needles. Cast on 30. I am also doing 2 at once. I may of been putting in a bit too much fleece though. I was just seperating the locks, and my ma said it was a bit too much. I did cut down, and divide the locks out more. LIve and learn, and can't wait to give them the true test. We have had 6 degrees so far for a low, and more on the way for this weekend.
Michele |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Nov 19 2008 : 3:38:43 PM
my local "expert" says that it takes about 2-4 ounces of roving for a pair of mittens. hoep that helps! peace connie in alaska |
| Bonne |
Posted - Nov 19 2008 : 05:42:11 AM
LOL @ Sarita. If she runs low on wool she knows where to get more.....
I can see where the whole family is wanting a pair~they're awesome mitts. ;)
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 18 2008 : 11:06:17 AM
Thanks Chris. I am having trouble with my home computer. The new topics or replies don't show up. I don't know how to refresh and get the new replies.
I love roosters. My kitchen is filled with hens and roosters. Will you email your roosters so I can see them?
I am working every evening on mittens, the whole family wants a pair now....
I have never kept track of how much yarn or wool that I am using so I can't tell you if you have enough. Hope you do and if you are using it for the stuffing, I would think it would be enough.
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| OregonGal |
Posted - Nov 18 2008 : 10:50:25 AM
Sarita, I sent you an email with the pattern since clicking on the link in my post couldn't get you to the website with the thrummed mittens. They had a lovely picture of the mittens inside and out and they looked alot like yours. I have not started my mittens yet, I seem to be hot into making graph paper patterns of chickens - heaven only knows why, I've done two hot pad sized versions of them and I have to confess it was Dutchy (yes, you Marian) that got me started on that when she asked if anyone had an acorn or fall item pattern to make a dish cloth and someone said to make her own design using graph paper....and I did my own oak leaf and acorn wash cloth (and if you'd like the pattern Dutchy, email me your snail mail addy and I'll send it to you). So then I didn't like a pattern in just one color, kind of dull to me, so I did a graph of a rooster, and now I'm working on another rooster and a hen....I love seeing them when I'm done. I'm practicing because I want to make a sweater for my dh and will incorporate the rooster in it somewhere. I need to get more roving I think, I only have one 8 oz brown ball. Will 8 oz do a pair of mittens? |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 18 2008 : 09:52:48 AM
Michele,Wow, you are speedy. I took off the thumb stitches last evening on the pair that I am working on.
Connie, hope you are getting along O.K.
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 18 2008 : 04:35:21 AM
I got my mittens started. Using my black yarn and white fleece. I am up to putting the thumb stitches on a holder I guess. I can't wait till they are done. They seem to be just so soft and warm.
Michele |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Nov 17 2008 : 12:31:20 PM
marian, if you get the chance to visit alaka i truly reccomend it! i got plenty of warm clothes that you can use lol!
sarita, i think i will take my sub zero temps with no wind and humidity! wind and damp are so hard on my old bones. i cant wait till i can go to the hotsprings (have to wait for dr to give ok) and have a good soak! the best time to go is when its about minus 20! lol i am just about ready to start the main pattern across the chest (very wide) of his sweater. i am such a slow knitter and withthis danged surgery on my arm it has made me even slower and not able to knit for as long. i get the stitches out on thursday so hopefully will be getting better fast from then! i do want to do mittens for myself but until i get this sweater done i am not starting any major or semi-major projects! i had hoped to have it done by mid december but it doesnt look promising.
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 17 2008 : 07:44:36 AM
Connie, we have been having 50s one day and the next day,in the 20s or 30s and windy, cold, spitting snow and damp and cold and my body just does not make the adjustments well.
I think you could put the fleece stuffing in your hubby's sweater. It is simple to do and it does feel good in the cold. Go for it girl! How are you coming on the sweater for hubby? I about have another pair of these mittens done for Ang, my daughter. I am really putting the fleece in them. Another evening or two and they will be done. I think I will be making a few pairs for Christmas gifts. Everyone that trys my on, loves them and ask for a pair.
Keep warm girls. The sun is shining here today and a sweater is suffient.
Keeping warm in NE Missouri
Sarita
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| dutchy |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 10:41:47 PM
BBBRRR!! Yes I know it can get VERY cold in Alaska. My relatives ( uncle and aunt, both passed away)lived in Canada and they told us about the cold there too, sent pics etc. Love the look of snow, don't mind walking in it if and when we get it. But the cold BBBRRR lol.
Relatives also went on a cruise to Alaska a few times and they told about it. Pretty to see and maybe even to go one day. IF I can dress up like an Inuit, lol!!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 7:06:29 PM
omg marian you would never survive alaska! we have been having daytime higs of 5-10 above and lows of 5-10 below for the last few days. we have lready had temps as low as minus 20!i used to hate the cold but i find here that its so dry and there is so little wind that i am mroe comfy at 40 below than i ever have been at 40 above! i know it sounds crazy! i gotta mek me soem of those mittens! does anyone have any thoughts about using that technique across the shoulders of a sweater? my hubby has a hard time keeping that area warm when riding the snow-go. it will only be worn for that purpose! peace connie in alaska |
| dutchy |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 11:36:57 AM
Sarita, no not really! But as I said, I am ALWAYS cold even in the summer, lol.
When I visited my brother this past June (he lives in Thailand) I enjoyed the heat SO much!! It was about 113 or higher most of the time YAY!! I thrived, lol.
I can't stand cold as good as I can live in the heat :)
It *can* get cold here too, but most people I talk to they love the weather here now. To me?? Nope! Today was 50 F, BBBRRR!!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 10:59:08 AM
Michele, these are so easy and feel so good. Let me see yours when you get them done. I really enjoy knitting them. The second pair is going so much easier and faster than the first pair.
I didn't do any of the rug hooking, it was that way when I got it. I need to do the edges and finish the cattails. I am very excited about having them scattered as pillows and little stool toppers in my home.
Dutchy, they are very warm. Is the weather really cold there now?
Sarita
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| dutchy |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 04:38:39 AM
OH they look SO nice and SO warm!!
I could use a pair, lol. My hands are always cold, fingers are blue and SO freezing, yikes.
Who knows....
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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I have added "new" creations, take a look :)
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 16 2008 : 04:26:01 AM
Oh Sarita, your mittens are great, what a color that lime green is! Your rug hooking is beautiful, and I albsolutely love the sheep purse. Oh that is so darn cute! I talked to my aunt yesterday, and she has seen the thrummed mittens, and she says they are just so soft and wonderful to wear. Can't wait to get started on some.
Michele |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 8:42:30 PM
I put up pictures of the completed mittens and the new mittens that I have started on my blog. I am using lime green wool for the stuffing for the new pair but it does not show up much unless you look on the inside.
Sarita
The temp is dropping here in NE Mo. and I have new warm mittens....Smiling all over myself!
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 8:37:37 PM
Michele, I cast on 53 stitches, using size 5 needles. The new mittens are out of thinner wool yarn from one of my shetlands, the wool stables are from one of my corredales.
I used lots thicker yarn for the dk brown mittens. The temps with wind chill was 23 degrees here today and I wore my new mittens...so warm.
These mittens can be washed by hand. Treat like any wool material, handle carefully when washing, lie flat to dry, the wool on the inside can be brushed when dried to fluff it up. One of the articles said that the wool on the inside can felt if your hands sweat and you continue to agitate them.
I am going to take some pictures the new pair that I am working on now and the finished ones.
Chris, I don't see anywhere that I can reload or refresh, can you give me more information. I am on a very slow internet service here...the one and only unless I want to buy $500 of equipment.
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 04:06:21 AM
I have some yarn out, and fleece out and am ready to go. I tried starting last night and just too tired I guess. I did find a mitten pattern for my bulky yarn, so going to give that a try. I too wanted to try doing 2 on one circular needle. That is the way I do socks.
Chris my mom had two thrumed mitten patterns as well.
Sarita, how many stitches do you cast on? My pattern calls for 24, on size 10 needles. The pattern says to use a yarn that is 8 wraps per inch. It is just the 24 stitches does not seem big enough, so may add on a few more.
It is early here, so going to go do some spinning as I wait for daylight. MIlking is done.
Happy Knitting
Michele |
| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 06:55:04 AM
I finished my mittens last evening!! I have started another pair but this time I wound my yarn into 2 balls and I cast on both mittens on longer knitting needles so that I can finish the pair at the same time. I have 10 rows on and this is working great!
I have a problem of making socks and getting one done and then starting the second but not finishing them in a timely matter.
I hope to have some time this week end to blog and I will put pictures on my blog of the completed mittens.
Sarita
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| Keeper of the Past |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 01:50:16 AM
So I am wondering, you just grab a lock of fleece, and knit it along with your yarn?? Following the pattern of course.
Michele
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Michele, the pattern says to use a piece about the size of a toothpick. I usually split a lock of fleece that is about 3-31/2 inches long. I fold it in half around my needle so that makes it double.
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