In trying to adapt a woodworking artform into knitting, I came up with a chart which I was very pleased with, but which had an unintended visual effect: everyone I showed it to said it looked like a spider web! Rather than chucking out the chart and …
Sweetly Mitts
Matching mitts for the Sweetly Hat, so that you can be sweet from the top of your head to (nearly) the end of your fingertips. The beautiful stitch pattern is worked with an interesting but uncomplicated maneuver; one to add to the repertoire. No …
Clamber Mitts
Tutorials Counting Cast On Stitches Stretchy Long Tail Cast On Knitting Lace How to Read a Knitting Chart YARN 1 skein of Knitlob Lair’s Tuulen Tytär or approx. 350y / 320 m of fingering weight yarn. Needles 3 mm / US 2.5 dpns or …
Fimbrethil Mitts
When I think of leafy patterns, my mind goes to Tolkien's Ents and Entwives. No matter how many times I read those books, I still find it easy to get caught up in that world. Fimbrethil was an Entwife - one of the loveliest. This is a quick knit …
Checkerboard Mitts
These cozy mitts are worked in the round, and feature a simple checked colorwork pattern. The patterning adds extra warmth, and is simple enough for a beginner. The mitts are designed in two sizes, to fit the average female and male hand. Perfect for …
Paw Prints – Mitts
This cozy hat and mitts set will be perfect for spring walks and autumn days. The alpaca and wool blend yarn is lovely and soft, and the colorwork provides a double layer for extra warmth. Both hat and mitts have a stranded motif of pawprints, easy …
Bonte Mitts
'Bonte' is the Dutch word for something colourful or varied, and that's exactly what these mitts are meant to be!! The linen stitch helps to keep the yarn from pooling, and the twisted rib cable is there just for fun. So have fun with those lovely …
Marine Layer Mitts by Ranée Mueller
A marine layer is an air mass that forms over the surface of a large body of water which often creates fog within itself. This quick to knit coordinating set is inspired by this weather pattern. Create either a scarf with matching mitts, or a …
Winter’s Garden Mitts by Karen Fournier
Yarn Madeline Tosh Sport, 100% merino superwash, 1 skein Silverfox Gauge 24 sts and 36 rows over St st. Needles 3mm needles Notions 2 stitch markers Scrap yarn or 2 stitch holders Tapestry needle to sew seams Special abbreviations …
Rails mitts by Rebecca Velasquez
When you're looking for something portable to stitch during commute, when you want to give a practical, yet heartfelt gift, when it's too hot to have a project in your lap, when your office is more like an icebox..... You just can't go wrong when …
Early Fall 16 Preview
We LOVE this issue! Some return designers (hello Mary and Elizabeth), a way-back hello to Sabine (she had many designs in the old knotions), some new-to-knotions designers (we like to keep it fresh), and another crochet design to keep things …
Garden Gem by Sabine Riefler
The main pattern of these mitts imitates a secret garden or “Hortus conclusus”. Often a symbol of purity and a new beginning, it is also a place of retreat and reflection, a place to conclude a day and relax after the day's toils. The leaf pattern …
Camelot by Sabine Riefler
Two joined rings for enduring friendship encircled by a symbol of the round table, surrounded by merlons echo the myth of Camelot. Cables are very hip this winter, but they also make a garment a classic. These mitts combine both twisted stitches …
