Monday, October 31, 2011

left Elk Mitten is Done

- gloves made into convertible mittens; Knitpicks Stroll and Sisu sock yarns.












Lithuanian Ethnology 3: Gloves of Lithuania Minor, Irena Regina Merkienė and Marija Pautieniūtė-Banionienė,
Institute of Lithuanian History, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1998.
ISBN 9986-34-024-1
(pages 189-90, black & white photo and squarish chart only, no instructions)

continental Fair Isle video

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Red Flower Mittens finished













eta: Oct 24, 2011 - the green dye ran, bled through the undyed yarn;
Knitpicks - Stroll Tonal, canopy color, dye lot 99301.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Wanten 36c finished, convertible mittens



by Jessica Tromp
chart (drag & drop link to address box)
- modified into convertible flip top mittens.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Wanten (9) wip













by Jessica Tromp
(last chart listed under Gauge 35 x 35)

modified

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Mittens finished



NHM#8 from the book Selbuvotter by Terri Shea ...

... modified this Norwegian mitten pattern into convertible lined mittens with flip tops and thumbs, (also modified the thumb and palm designs.)



Saturday, August 13, 2011

Selbu Mitten NHM #8, wip













from the book, Selbuvotter by Terri Shea.

modifications;
- changed the palm pattern
- added a liner
- making them convertible, with flip-tops and half-fingers.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

2 Wip's

NHM #8 started,



Eastern Star wip

Friday, July 29, 2011

Viridescent FG's, a test knit


... testing this for E-Dreamer,
(Winging It)

some YouTube cast on techniques ;
Norwegian Knit and Purl
Russian Ribbed
Tillybuddy

Monday, July 18, 2011

Eastern Star, long shawl wip



from the book Gossamer Webs,
(motif arrangement and shape modified to match the ones on page 7 ... )




... and a sock using a simple 2-strand brioche stitch.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Floral Leaf Fingerless Gloves



-modified
Susie's Reading Mitts
(eta fixed link to free Ravelry pattern, Se 2013)

with floral and leaf designs from
Poetry in Stitches,
plus Latvian braids and a scroll design.