Comments on: Garter Stitch Mitts

By: jartiyer

jartiyer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:47:37 +0000

Thank you for sharing this beautiful

By: aliah

aliah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:11:36 +0000

i like these but are they itchy ????

By: lisken

lisken — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:27:42 +0000

started these last night. i just read ahead in the pattern to the part about unraveling the provisional cast on before grafting. what do i do if i didn’t provisionally cast on?

By: Tree

Tree — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:02:10 +0000

I, even if my life depended upon it, cannot finish anything I start. But I’m DYING for some mitts. So hopefully – so much hope is invested in this, too – this will be the first real project I complete.. Most likely not, but it would look awesome!

By: Corry

Corry — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:55:23 +0000

Hoi “breimonster” we hebben elkaar vrijdag ontmoet in de IJsselhal. (Ik was daar voor SnB Utrecht) Ik heb je site gekregen voor de polswarmers. Jammer dat het niet in het breipatroon nederlands beschreven staat. Misschien kan ik dat ook ergens vinden. Als dat zo is wil je me dat dan a.u.b. mailen. Bedankt alvast, groet Corry

By: Nessie

Nessie — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:42:57 +0000

thanks so much for posting this pattern! I made a pair last week and have been loving them since.

Happy New year!

By: beth

beth — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:50:48 +0000

Thank you so much for this pattern; I just finished one and it was a lovely introduction to short rows/w&t.

To those who are asking what a w&t is, it is *not* a simple wrapping of the yarn around the needle before turning. Instead, you yarn over, slip the next stitch, yarn back over the other way, slip the same stitch *back* to its original needle, and then turn, pulling the yarn over yet again to get it in on the right side for knitting. You are wrapping a stitch, not the needle. I found a few tutorials by searching on Google.

On the shaping: I knit these out of recycled sari yarn (which is beautiful despite giving me blisters) and found them to be just slightly loose in the fingers and awfully tight around my forearms. I noticed my garter stitch was a lot less stretchy than I expected it to be, so it could be a symptom of my yarn. Has anybody else had this problem, or are my forearms unusually chubby? :)

My plans for a pair that will fit me a bit better include: adding some short rows coming in from the wrist end, now that I know this technique, and shortening the short rows coming in from the finger end. I might also omit one of the short rows coming in from the finger end altogether.

I would love to hear anybody’s comments about my sizing issues/choice of yarn/modifications. Thanks again for the pattern; I recently discovered your website and designs and am a big fan.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:20:39 +0000

what do you mean by wrap and turn?

By: Zylo

Zylo — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:07:57 +0000

Alright, I’m on the third row. I can wrap, but what do you do after that? Do you just knit until the end of the row or maybe knit the new stitches until you reach where you started? I saw a tutorial that mentioned purling the rest of the stitches. I’m confused.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:50:22 +0000

Love these mitts! Is wrap and turn as basic
as it sounds? Just wrap wool once and turn
mitt? Thank you.