From owner-knitlist@kniton.com Thu Nov 12 05:07:59 1998 Received: from kniton.com (kniton@kniton.com [192.41.37.151]) by atlas.math.vanderbilt.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA10026 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:07:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (kniton@localhost) by kniton.com (8.8.5) id DAA02390; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:44:08 -0700 (MST) Received: by kniton.com (bulk_mailer v1.9); Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:43:42 -0700 Received: (kniton@localhost) by kniton.com (8.8.5) id DAA02327; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:43:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from imo13.mx.aol.com (imo13.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.3]) by kniton.com (8.8.5) id DAA02322; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:43:39 -0700 (MST) From: Ctrywool@aol.com Received: from Ctrywool@aol.com by imo13.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id 4PJFa13873 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:43:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4e3cd7d9.364abbb6@aol.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:43:02 EST To: KnitList@kniton.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Knit: KNIT: Easy mitten pattern for Sharon, Betsi's raglan sweater is reborn! Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 Sender: owner-knitlist@kniton.com Status: RO Hi all! Sharon writes: >>All of the mitten patterns that I have encountered seem unnecessarily difficult. I would like to believe that I can find a straightforth pattern. >> Well, Sharon, here's one that may help you. I have posted this (my own!) pattern in the past, and always enjoy posting it again. It is located in the archives, and at The Mining Company and somewhere else on the web COUNTRYWOOL'S EASY MITTENS Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted yarn makes WONDERFUL mittens and I will use that. #4 and #6 double pointed needles work well for me. I LOVE Bamboo!!!!!!!! I will also need a ring marker and a stitch holder (mini one, or two large safety pins) and a ruler and a darning needle. If you are knitting these for someone other than yourself...get a tracing of their hand and you can estimate better. For a child.....subtract 6 sts....for a HUGE hand....add 6 sts and work the thumb gusset to 15 or 17 sts. CUFF With #4, cast on 32 sts. Join. Work in the round in *k1,p1* ribbing for 3". Next round...Using #6 needles....*k 8, make 1 st* repeating around: 36 sts. Next round: k1, place marker, k around. THUMB GUSSET Round 1: make 1 st, k1, make 1 stitch, slip marker, knit around: 38 sts. Round 2: k around Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until there are 13 sts on the first needle before the marker. (the ending number of every increase round will be 2 sts greater than the previous round) 48 sts HAND Knit across 13 sts and then slip them onto holders.....knit around mitten back to where you put the sts on holders....increase 1 st to keep knitting in the round. Put your beginning of the round marker after the st... 36 sts. Work in the round until the mitten clears your pinky finger . TOP DECREASE Round 1: *k 4, k 2 together* repeat around: 30 sts Round 2: k Round 3: *k 3, k2 tog* repeat around: 24 sts Round 4: k Round 5 and the rest...proceed as above until you have 6 sts. Cut yarn leaving a 12" tail...with darning needle, run yarn through 6 remaining sts twice and pull tight. Weave in end. THUMB Pick up all sts on thumb holders....dig into the mitten fabric above thumb opening and pick up 3 sts over where you cast on the one st before starting the hand.....Join......16 sts. Round1: knit around and decrease 2 sts by k2tog above two spots where sts seem loose at "sides"of the thumb: 14 sts. Knit around evenly on these sts until work clears thumb nail. *k2 tog* repeating around until 6 sts remain. Close as for top of mitten. BETSI'S RAGLAN SWEATER For those of you who remember, I had written that I was planning to knit a raglan sweater for my 13 year old, and would be posting the pattern for those who would like to knit such a garment along with me. The first attempt was aborted by said child who disliked the yarn she had picked out once it was knitted (sigh), and I needed time to rediscover the JOYS of knitting to please someone else. With the flush of the Thanksgiving holiday in sight, I have decided I have the Good Will to attempt it again. I am also teaching a class in the same subject, and will include some of the progress reports of the students there. The class is small (3) and the knitters are widely varied in their experience (makes the best classes!). One woman is a DRIVEN new knitter who has 5 sweaters going right now.......one is a I-will-finish-this-project-before-I-move-on knitter who has made only one sweater before, and the third is a dyslexic knitter who can only learn by watching me. A slice of the real world. PERCENTAGE RAGLAN SWEATERS are one of the easiest sweaters to figure out and knit. The standard yoke decreasing that one finds in commercially available patterns doesn't always fit, and when you design your own pattern such as I will be doing, you can very easily adjust that measurement. There are a few patterns on the market that are circular raglans that a lot of seasoned knitters have probably knit.....Patons has a booklet of Top Down sweaters, and Leisure Arts has published, and just republished, Seamless Raglans. Both those sweaters are knit from the neck down, in the round, and have been circulating for years. My mother knit many of the LA sweaters for me when I was a wee one, and has enjoyed being gifted with the newly redone version of that booklet. For those of you have have knit a hundred of these, it might be fun to follow along and see the sweater unfold with a custom yoke depth. I will refer to Elizabeth Zimmerman frequently. She is The Beginning of Knitting for me.....and her Percentage Sweater is the basis of the following pattern. So, tomorrow I will post some numbers to get started with. For today.....if anyone is interested in knitting along with me and wants to drop me a note......I would enjoy hearing from you. FIRST ASSIGNMENT: find a sweater that fits you well, in the yarn weight you think you want to knit, and measure the thing. It's the best way to start. Claudia knitting at Countrywool ctrywool@aol.com http://members.aol.com/ctrywool/yarns.html Want a peek at my knitting supplies flyer? Just ask!