Another project I completed before my dress was finally Susie's Fingerless Mitts, a free pattern from Ravelry found HERE.
Easy but delicate pattern. I would sew these again in DK or a thinner yarn. The pattern calls for Size 5 needles in DK. The yarn is Lorna's Superwash Wool in Worsted. I used Size 4 and cast on a bit two small (24 c/o) - next time I will use 30 stitches c/o. I tried the 42 the pattern called for and 36 but both ran too large, even with the reduced needle size - I am a loose loose knitter and this yarn was larger than the pattern called for.
Some of the pattern was a bit tricky - the turn round after the lace stitch took me some time to figure out, as did the thumb. I also used a crochet c/o - I probably will never use another cast off again - I loved this stretchy c/o. Thank goodness for YouTube tutorials.
My ravelry review is HERE.
Fun pattern. Highly recommended!
6 comments:
Very pretty! Now do you wear those for warmth? In Japan, the women were wearing long ones that came up past their elbows as a sun screen! It seemed so hot, but I guess they don't use sunscreen lotion.
Thanks! Yes, and they are too warm for the California summer we are having! I saw that in Japan - I wish I had done that in Florida (haha). . . I thought is was unusual as well....did you notice all the makeup companies sell "skin lighteners" there.
BTW Sister - do you follow Yoshimi's blog from Japan - she's one of my favorite bloggers - so exquisite:
http://yoshimitheflyingsquirrel.blogspot.com/
I think I've seen it once - I'll check it out again. I noticed the skin lighteners - they're very into looking like little girls with the bright pink blushers and white makeup!
Beautiful! Certainly, we are now taking hot weather, but these beautiful mittens will be waiting for you when start cold. Love them!
Thank you! It's so hot here! I'm ready for the cooler weather!
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