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Saturday, 26 April 2008

A Tale of Three Mittens

At long last, there are some photos. And a tale of three mittens. Three pairs of mittens. There are the Berkshire Mittens: They have a 3-color twisted cast-on, and up to 3 colors carried across the inside. The thumbs are a standard interior gussett, different patterns on both sides, and they have a flat grafted top. One mitten has the month/year on the cuff, the other the location and a little diamond medallion. 

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The second mitten, knitted first, is similar. It has only a 2-strand twisted cast-on, and then the cuff narrows to a corrugated ribbing, the thumb gusset has a little raven on it, and each thumb's raven faces inward. The mitten then decreases to finish off with a grafted flat top.
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Finally, mitten #3 is a bit simplier. It called Fox and Geese and Fences. The red bands being the Fences, and little black checks the fox chasing the geese.  Those thumb gussets are the usual increase 2 stitches, one each side. It's increase 6 stitches, an entire pattern repeat, then knit a repeat, then increase that many stitches again, and you do that 3 times to create the gusset.
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But are they not lovely!?

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The little raven is adorable. Though I suspect it's meant to be fierce... ;-)

I'm not sure I could stomach a 3-color cast-on, especially on DPNs. I bet that took a while to do!

Posted by: Beth S. | Monday, 28 April 2008

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