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A Chance to Grab this Mitten Knitting Book

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uvocca is the winner.

Mittens might not exactly be what you think of knitting this time of year if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I would argue they’re as good a choice as socks for summer knitting. They’re small, portable and fun little projects you’ll be glad to have done when the cold weather hits. They might even serve as a reminder that, yes, it will be cold again. Someday. Eventually.

I’ve got a mitten knitting book up for grabs this week.

Stitch Style Mittens has 20 knit and crochet patterns (most of them are on Ravelry) for fingerless gloves, mitts, gauntlets, mittens and warmers of just about any length and style.

There are stripes, cables, colorwork, lace, projects with ribbons and beads and more. It’s a fun collection.

If you’d like a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, June 18. I’d love to know about your experience knitting mittens, mitts and similar warmers. I’m pretty obsessed with fingerless gloves because my hands are cold all. the. time. but I love knitting mittens and gloves, too.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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  2. I knitted some fingerless gloves before. 1 pair with sock wool and cables, using a pattern from drops design. And I also designed a pair myself, blue with a heart in the palm of the hand.
    Both patterns have a seam, and I would like to knit a pair in one piece without a seam one day!

  3. I haven’t tried mittens but they are on my list.
    Would be nice to have a pair of fingerless
    mitts ready for the winter.

  4. Mittens are the accessory of choice in the Northeast. But I confess I’ve never made really nice ones in fine yarn…mostly just hunker down ones in heavyweight wools.

    from sticky VT,
    the Vermonster

  9. Really need some fingerless mittens for winter…easy one’s I’m still beginning ??

  11. I have not made mittens but I have made a pair of fingerless gloves and I love them!

  12. I love knitting fingerless gloves. I have probably knit at least 200 pairs using a cable pattern. I would love to try something different!

  16. Novice knitter here… but just lost my thyroid to cancer so my hands will likely always be cold now, so any and every style of mittens will be welcome!!

  17. I’ve knit a few pairs over the years. The ones I liked the best were knitted then fulled and then a ribbed cuff knit at the end. Really warm and stayed in place. I made myself a pair of bulky flip-tops but I’ll probably not wear them much because my hands always run warm.

  18. Fingerless gloves are the best-selling especially when you live somewhere where it doesn’t get really cold! I’m a big fan of making fingerless gloves.

  21. Yes please I’d love to win this book ,mittens are a greatlittle project to take when I have specialists appointments.

  22. I have made mittens many years ago and would love to try some new interesting patterns!

  23. This would be a great prize. Out knitting guild is making 200 mittens to be displayed on a Christmas tree in our city in December. When the tree comes down, all the mittens will be given to charity. I’m constantly looking for new ways to knit mittens.

  24. I like making matching sets of mitts, hat & cowl, and if I’m really ambitious I’ll add a sweater.

  25. Mittens are my favorite project to knit! Would love to win this book with new pattern and color ideas.

  26. oooooh – what a nice looking book. I made mittens with chunky yarn & they turned out well. Just basic mittens, rib wrist and circular knitting. I’d like to try some with a bit of embellishing!

Have you read?

Easter Chick Knitting Patterns

Chicks don’t necessarily have anything to do with Easter, but they are a popular motif this time of year. I’ve shared some chick knitting patterns before, but it seems like time to share some more.

I love this little bitty fuzzy chick from Gray Bear Akswokrat on Etsy. It’s worked flat and the pattern includes photos to help with assembly.

This funny chick has a flower on its head, but you could use a different embellishment or just leave it off if you don’t like it. This pattern is from Midaami292, and it is also worked flat and uses four colors of yarn. The yarn used on the sample is DK weight and makes a chick that’s 26 cm, or a little more than 10 inches tall.

Fluff and Fuzz has another adorable chick pattern, this time adorned with a little hat and scarf, perfect for those places where it’s still chilly at Easter time. This one calls for DK weight yarn in four colors and uses straight knitting needles for working flat. The chick comes out to 20 cm tall including the hat (that’s about 7.8 inches).

Chicks make a great shape to cover a chocolate orange, and you can find three different chick chocolate orange covers in this pattern from Carol Connelly (available on Ravelry). You can knit up a chick that’s still hatching from the egg, a round one with feet and a fuzzy full bodied chick. They use DK weight yarn and are worked flat from the bottom up.

Frugal Knitting Haus has this adorable mama hen washcloth with scrubby chicks that you can buy on Ravelry or their website. It uses regular worsted weight kitchen cotton yarn for the hen and a scrubby yarn for the chicks.

Maybe my favorite of all, though, is Jan the little chick purse, a pattern on Ravelry from Cristina Tonarelli. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a little purse made with a coin purse clasp in the shape of a chick. It uses worsted weight yarn and the instructions are made for working in the round, but it includes instructions for working flat as well.

Check Out This Sweet Easter Chick Basket

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