My friend and I had travelled to South Korea as part of work, about 15 years ago. It was the first time we had been abroad and being from a tropical place, we had no idea about how to cope with the cold weather. The gloveless hands and unprotected …
Angerthas Mitts
As a teenager I was spellbound by J.R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. I would stay up late learning to read and write dwarvish runes and Elvish words. Inspired by the dwarvish alphabet Tolkien created, these mitts are an engaging knit with …
Thumb Gussets: A Tutorial
Thumb gussets shouldn't be scary. They're basically increases and then holding those stitches for later. Any time knitting creates an unusual shape it can be scary - but it shouldn't. A thumb gusset is a simple way to create some nice shaping …
Out of the Basket Gloves by KTLV
These lovely gloves start with a simple but highly textured basketweave pattern at the cuff, and then have a stockinette hand with unusual thumb gusset. Many people worry that gloves are hard, so the stockinette helps simplify the knitting by …
