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Sussi 20 years ago

I am proud of myself. The ongoing sock discussion touches on the fact that every pattern instructs the knitter to make a second one. I have a collection of miscellaneous single mittens, mostly because I have made them out of leftover yarn and ran out before I could complete the project ( single baby mittens make great Christmas tree ornaments ;-).

Well, today I have not only completed a pair of Viking Pattern mittens but started a second pair. I didn't like how Lavold constructs her thumbs. Without a gussett there is too much strain where the thumb attaches to the hand but for the first pair, I gave her the benefit of the doubt and made them according to Elsebeth's instructions. I did insert an additional pattern on the backs of the hand on pair #1 however. Thought I needed more practice since I finally got the hang of her charts. This second pair is getting a thumb gusset and my mother's initials in viking runes. Cool huh? This is fun!

Thanks again for your help!

~Sussi~

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen 20 years ago

Sussi congrats for finnaly making a pair of mittens ,, as to your description of gusset , i am at a loss ,,,,, i think this makes it neccessary for me to translate here my method of knitting mittens [ later today[ since i make mittens that are good for both hands , My thumb grows almost naturally out of the cuff .... mirjam

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Sussi 20 years ago

Mirjam, I like to insert a triangular gusset at the base of the thumb. Two increases are formed every other row until there are about 13 additionals sts. which then are placed on a piece of scrap yarn to be caught up later for the actual thumb. It takes a little more work and the mitten is then no longer ambidexterous but the fit is better causing less strain on the yarn.

~Sussi~

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norabalcer 20 years ago

Hi Sussi,

Gee, all my mittens that I've ever made have had a gusset, I wouldn't know how to make them without it. In fact mittens were the first thing I learned to knit when I was sixteen.

Hugs and congratulations,

Nora

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Katherine 20 years ago

That is how I do my gussets.

Kather> Mirjam, I like to insert a triangular gusset at the base of the thumb.

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Richard Eney 20 years ago

Isn't that how you make an ambidextrous mitten? That's what I call a "side thumb" instead of a "palm thumb". The only difference between back and palm is the pattern.

=Tamar

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen 20 years ago

My mittens Guagueyour wool and see if my pattern suits you mine was 26 st = 10 cm

36 rounds were also 10 cm cast on 44 st divide over 3 dp , knit a ribbed 7 cm . Now 2 rounds in stockinte . divide stiches this way 22 on one needle , and 11on each of the other 2. k22, pick up the line between next stichand last knitted st make a st, k1 , pick up line between this and next st make a st, [you now started your thumb`s st. you hve 3] knit till end of round, knit 2 rounds as is. Next round knit the 22, add a stich before and after the 3 stiches , knit the whole round , knit 2 rounds ,,,, keep on adding to those stiches every 3rd round till you have 17 st for your thumb. knit 2 more rounds , move 17 st to safety pin. knit the round and add a st in the plce of the thumb when you come to the place , now go on knitting in the round over you 44 st. till you got you wanted length ,[ where your pinky starts], next round k1, move 1 to other needle without knitting ,*k 1 and take the unknitted stich over the last knitted stich. , k 16, k 2 together, k 1 , repeat this again,in same round . ,,, repeat this round [4 decreases per round] , 6 more times , Turn work inside out and finnish left over stiches by sewing ,

now go back to your thumb put your stiches on the 3 dps , take a stich out of the newly mde st, and k in the round over 18 st... till you hve your wanted length , end by a round of 2 together, , a round of knitting around , take your ythread and pull it through the threads , turn inside out and end thread nicely ,,,,,,, this mittens are good for both sides.... i have mine for years , never any strain on the threads mirjam

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Craftkitten (Darlene) 20 years ago

hi

I just learned how to knit mittens after knitting for over 30 years and they have a triangular gusset but they are ambidenerous as they are right in the middle of the mitten. I am knitting mittens on 2 needles and then have to sew the side seam.

Time to go back to just reading posts to give my hand a rest.

Darlene in Toronto

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Wooly 20 years ago

On 23 Oct 2005 20:26:37 -0700, "Sussi" spewed forth :

I only make single mittens. They're all approximately the same size, but no two are alike...and they all fit somebody...

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

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Mystified One 20 years ago

You don't make them for one-armed children? I could make socks for one-legged men!

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Richard Eney 20 years ago

Oops. I just saw a picture of a mitten that had a palm thumb with a gusset. It could still have been ambidextrous but there was a pattern on the back that was different from the palm pattern, and the shaping of the tip made it a palm thumb. To each his own; I like the fit of the kind with the thumb going straight out to the side.

=Tamar

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Katherine 20 years ago

LOL

Kather> You don't make them for one-armed children?

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The YarnWright 20 years ago

LOL! Actually, on a serious note... I made some REALLY fraternal twin socks for a friend's son who has cerebral palsey, one foot is childsize, the other is man-size. I'm making him some mittens for Christmas now, too, and they also will be extremely 'fraternal twins'.... JM2C, Noreen

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