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Clara
queen bee
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 Posted - 05/27/2009 : 5:47:17 PM
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Hey folks! I just posted a lovely new fingerless mitt pattern by Amy Ripton that was inspired by Jane Cochran's Jane's Hedgerows Socks.
Follow this link.
Clara
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Laurie K
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 04:43:30 AM
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Thanks for the pattern, but I must say I prefer this pattern as socks. The mitts remind of the cabled knee socks I used to wear to school in the 60's before pants were permitted for girls (this was in NYC) that said, may try an adaptation of them in a more dramatic colorway.
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spinningkat
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 06:33:57 AM
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Hi Clara,
Beautiful pattern, thank you! I have 2 other semi-solid sock yarns that would work beautifully-Scarlet Fleece's It's Tubular x2 and Grassy Wool. Thanks for the inspiration!
Kat
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Clara
queen bee
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 07:43:33 AM
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Laurie, I have to tell you how much I love that you like the sock pattern, but that the fingerless mitt version of the sock pattern reminds you of socks so you don't like it. Life sure is funny that way, isn't it?
Clara
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lwhalen
New Pal
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 08:17:19 AM
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I like this pattern! I do have a question on the increases for the hand. The pattern tells us to kfb between the purls for an increase and to "Continue increasing between the purls in this manner for the next five rounds, incorporating new stitches into the pattern". Does this mean that if the increased stitch is supposed to be a purl, to purl it on the next round or to somehow make the purled stitch at the time of the increase?
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Lanea
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 09:05:34 AM
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Hi lwhalen! Welcome to Knitters Review.
If you look at the photos, you'll see that the branches that make up the thumb gusset sort of grow from between the hedgerow rib bars. That's what you want to emulate. So, yes, you'll add a purl between two purls in a round, and again in the next round, and keep adding stitches in that central spot, knitting the added stitches in pattern as you have enough to do so. My goal was to make the increases seem organic.
I hope that makes sense!
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purlewe
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 09:18:47 AM
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I often think of turning patterns I love from socks into mitts. I just never have the gumption to do it. CONGRATS LANEA! You are awesome.
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And if you give her some yarn, she'll make you one too. ~quentin crisp
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lacylaine
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 10:15:43 AM
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Thanks for both the links! Somehow I missed the sock version. They're both lovely and yes, the pattern does look like the socks I wore to Catholic school in sixth grade! :D
Melanie in Advance
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dschmidt
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 12:39:45 PM
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Great job, Lanea!
Donna in VA
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Lanea
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Jane
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USA
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Laurie K
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 6:04:09 PM
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I guess what I was saying that the mitts made me think of wearing socks on my hands. Please no insult intended. They are a beautiful design. Kudos to the designer and thanks again for such an awesome free pattern.
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marfa
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USA
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Posted - 05/29/2009 : 06:03:41 AM
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How do.
Thanks to Clara, Lanea, Jane & Spirit Trail - wonderful pattern, wonderful yarns & wonderful newsletter!
Martha
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Clara
queen bee
USA
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Posted - 05/29/2009 : 06:56:53 AM
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Don't fret for one minute, Laurie! It just made me giggle. I do understand what you mean, though. For me, I see all handknits as cozies. Mitts are hand cozies, socks are foot cozies, hats are head cozies.
Clara
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knitwitch39
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USA
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Posted - 05/29/2009 : 5:27:29 PM
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Oh, those are lovely! My *Christmas Must-Knit* list has just grown considerably; I know my daughter and granddaughters will be lusting after these.
Yvonne
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Hedgerow Fingerless Mitts!
