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Knitting mittens for the first time
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2441 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/30/12 10:33 PM Never knit mittens before... I'm going to be commuting on the metro for a few weeks and wanted a small project. I can't read because I'll get motion sick but oddly, I seem to be able to knit. I'm even using my handspun. This is making sizing a bit random. I'm less than an inch into the ribbing and I'm afraid they might be a bit big. I'll keep plugging away for a while though before I decide. I'm using Elizabeth Zimmerman's 36 stitch mitten pattern. Wish me luck! JEF -- Edited on 12/30/12 10:33 PM -- ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6942	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << Like this post Date: 12/30/12 11:10 PM I have started using Hyland's Motion Sickness tabs & they seem to help me. Motion sickness got really bad when riding in the car this summer & fall. I got them online at Vitamin Shoppe. I just started using these sheep dpn holders they were great & really hold too when you have items in a bag & it is bumped around....by Clover Double Pointed Protectors they are called. I like them. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
Marie367   Intermediate OH USA Member since 5/28/11 Posts: 1361	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << Like this post Date: 1/1/13 9:52 PM Mittens are easy-very similar to socks. Is this knit in the round?
marymary86 Intermediate GA USA Member since 7/20/08 Posts: 2198	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/1/13 9:58 PM You can't go wrong using EZ's pattern. After a few more rounds, if they still seem big, can you go down a size in needles? Mittens are a great project - they go quickly and are easy to knit. Like a sock but no heel! ------ Mary http://checkmatesystem.com
marymary86 Intermediate GA USA Member since 7/20/08 Posts: 2198	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << Like this post Date: 1/1/13 10:00 PM I hit submit too soon! I met to ask for pictures - we'd love to see your handspun! I'm spinning some merino wool on a Bosworth drop spindle. I'm still pretty much a beginner and I have no idea how this will turn out! ------ Mary http://checkmatesystem.com
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2441 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/5/13 10:44 AM Your wish is my command! I spun this yarn from a Phat Fiber sampler box. It's on Ravelry if you want to learn more. Basically, each month you try to get a box (they sell out in approximately 15 seconds) and the box has a bunch of different fiber samples. I spun this during the Tour de Fleece in 2011. It's quite uneven but I love it anyway because I made it. Really, I am very easily amused. My mittens are homely but snuggy and warm. The mittens themselves were knit in the round by magic loop. I prefer using 9" needles for small in the round projects but didn't have any in the right diameter. (I've fixed that by ordering some) JEF Edited to fix ginormous pics -- Edited on 1/5/13 10:50 AM -- ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
Annie- oh Intermediate CO USA Member since 2/7/04 Posts: 1169	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/5/13 11:50 AM Your spinning and knitting are bee you tee ful for those mittens! Uh, if they're too big, I'm here (if you need my address). I'd be thrilled to wear them! ------ I try all things. I achieve what I can. "Moby Dick" We stand here confronted by insurmountable opportinities. Pogo
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2441 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post In reply to Annie- oh << Like this post Date: 1/5/13 2:36 PM Actually they fit beautifully ... well, at least around the hand. I think I'd like a tighter cuff next time but these do work. I wore them y'day on a nippy morning. Funnily enough, the left one is much warmer than the right on the back of the hand. I guess that was just luck of the draw for the fiber on the hand part. JEF ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1234	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << 2 members like this. Date: 1/5/13 6:23 PM Oh, those are the happiest mittens ever. You can tighten up the cuffs this way: on the wrong side, weave elastic thread through the knit stitches of the rib. They won't show on the right side. I had an art director who used to do this on all her long sleeve sweater cuffs: they always looked so trim and right! j.
Marie367   Intermediate OH USA Member since 5/28/11 Posts: 1361	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << Like this post Date: 1/5/13 9:13 PM I love them! They turned out great! They don't look too big-you could easily start with a few less stitches to tighten it up around your wrist. Now I have to go look on Ravelry.

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