Wow! We are on mitten number 5 of our Knit-A-Long! Have you checked out our Ravelry group thread? There are lots of great photos of everyone’s mittens, it’s worth checking out. Also, if you’re on the old Instagram, tag your photos with #marilynns2019kal and we can see them there as well! Here is Marilynn’s mitten …
For mitten number 5, Annie thought she’d try a little experiment. When knitting her mini mittens, she used a 2.25 mm needle and Jamieson & Smith 2 ply Jumper Weight yarn, which is a fingering weight. This gave her a gauge of 34 stitches over 4 inches, or 8.5 stitches per inch. Plus an adorable …
Here is Annie’s mitten no. 4 also in Jamieson & Smith 2 ply Jumper Weight, from Kathy Lewinski’s Mitten Garland Advent Calendar! Marilynn’s Knit-a-Long for this pattern is still happening. We won’t be done until November 19th, so there is still plenty of time to join in the fun. Check out our Knit-a-Long thread in …
Here is an updated shot of our mitten garland, featuring Marilynn’s mittens, 1 through 3!
Mitten number 1 has company now, Annie’s mitten number 2!
2018 is almost over, so of course we’re thinking about our 2019 knitting… Marilynn is starting a knit-a-long on January 1st. We’ll be knitting the Mitten Garland Advent Calendar by Kathy Lewinski. The tech edited pattern is available for purchase on Ravelry by clicking the link, or for free on the Just Crafty Enough website …
Our August technique for the Techni-KAL was travelling stitches, and our winner for that month is emkovar! She wins a copy of “Textured Stitches” by Connie Chang Chinchio. Congratulations emkovar!!
For our finished object today, we have Sue’s ADORABLE Girl Fox by Julie Williams. Amazing job, Sue! We have also finished February, the second month of our technical knit-a-long. Our technique was “knitting in the round” and our winner is… Shellbell27!! She wins a copy of Alice Starmore’s “Book of Fair Isle Knitting” which will be …
Priya’s beautiful green cabled gloves! Nice job, Priya!!
The technique for March in our Great Technical Knit-a-Long is… FAIR ISLE! So start going through your patterns and raiding your Ravelry queue, and we can get started on March the 1st!