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Mitten knitting season opened!

Last winter I did only knit two pairs of mittens, my younger son took my Anemois, and the second pair, the Rosebud mittens, went to my daughter. My intention was to start knit a pair of mittens for myself, but receiving the Deep in the Forest mittens pattern (by Tuulia Salmela), I realized my yarn would never stand 2,75 mm needles, and resigned to knit the mittens for my older daughter.

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I started to knit as soon as the Piccola marina socks were finished (they are now blocking), and realized very soon that mu gauge of some reason is totally off. I have knitted with this yarn and these needles a lot, but obviously the straight lines and my afraidness of stranding too tight on the backside led to a much looser knit than I usually do. Result: these mittens will be suitable for my older son, whose hands are just a tad smaller than my husband's. Good part: he needed new mittens too. Bad part: still no mittens for me.

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The mittens look very uneven on these pictures, but it comes from the straight lines, the colour change is on exactly same place row after row. They will even out when blocking. The braid was fun to knit, as always, and Tuulias description on how to do it is very straight forward and clear. I'm using Vuorelma's Satakieli yarn and 2,5 mm dpns. The only alteration I so far has done was to pick up the stitches for the thumb gusset from the grey, or contrast colour, yarn on the backside, not from the main colour yarn. I got visible stitches on the right side when using the mc, but that can of course have come from making some other mistake when picking up the stitches. Anyway, it's very neat now.

And finally an update on the Ribby cardi: I have located two balls of grey in the right dye lot, and I'm waiting for them to be shipped to me. I have knitted the body and almost the entire first sleeve. As soon as the yarns arrive I'll continue.

Comments

Beautiful! You have a very lucky son. I can't wait to see the finished version.

ah--beautiful mits! These are in my must knit pile after the holidays. Definitely a favorite of all the mittens patterns popping up! Too bad they can't be for you!

Åh ... de pågående vantarna ser redan väldigt vackra ut!

They are going to be beautiful - I have this pattern on my to do list too! So many wonderful mitten patterns to choose from :-)

such nice mittens these are going to be!

I love the mittens and have them lined up to knit, I just need to get the yarn. I hope they turn out as nice as yours.

Hi Maud,
What a cool mitten pattern! Looks like winter trees. I love knitting the Turkish Braid--it makes a good lower border on hats too!

What a cool pattern! Reminds me of a forest of trees...

Yay Maud! Those are beautiful even if bigger than intended (though I hope another pair or maybe a different one will follow to keep your hands warm?)

I'm always intrigued by the braids - I can't wait to try knitting one!

lovely lovely LOVELY! Like a work of art.

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