As I mentioned on Friday, I have challenged myself to design and (hopefully) knit a pair of mittens for each month of 2014. I have been furiously working away at the January mittens (while re-watching...
Jan 06, 2014
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I love to knit and design mittens. You may ask why. Well, I live in Minnesota and it is cold a lot of the year here, so mittens are something I will wear. Mittens are a relatively quick, satisfying kn...
Jan 03, 2014
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January is National Knit Mitten Month which makes it the perfect time to cast on one of our free patterns!
1. Those Zig-Zag Mittens 2. Flying Pig Mittens 3. Men’s Go Team Mittens 4. Art Deco Mi...
Jan 02, 2014
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Christmas is less than two months away! But there is still time to make a thoughtful handmade gift. Over the next week we’ll be giving you lots of ideas from our archives for gift you can make f...
Nov 04, 2013
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After I made my grey ombré handwarmers, I wanted to make some mittens with that same sort of changing grey feeling, but not exactly the same.
The stripes give a sort of a modified ombré effect movi...
Oct 31, 2013
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Well, the Minnesota State Fair is over for another year and I walked away without a ribbon. You might remember I knit theses Retro Goldy Gopher mittens and entered them in the colorwork mittens catego...
Sep 04, 2013
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Well, I finished and just under the wire again.
I’m entered in the color work mittens category and also eligible for sweepstakes prizes for projects done in wool and original designs. We’...
Aug 12, 2013
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Oh my gosh, it is less than a month to the Minnesota State Fair and of course, I’m sprinting to finish my entry. I am entering the colorwork mittens category again and once again using my own de...
Jul 18, 2013
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It’s just three months until the Minnesota State Fair, which means I need to get in gear if I’m going to enter something. You might remember last year I took Second Premium in the Colorwor...
May 16, 2013
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Some of you may remember earlier this year I gave away a pair of custom designed mittens, well I finally finished them!
The winner, Beth, asked me to design something with an art deco design in black...
May 14, 2013
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