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A Chance to Grab this Mitten Knitting Book

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stitch style mittens

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?

Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.