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Giveaway: Big Book of Knitted Mittens

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Big Book of Knitted Mittens review

Sheila is the winner!

It’s almost November, people! That must mean it is high time to get started on knitting all. the. things. for cold weather (if you’re in the top half of the world, anyway). I know my daughter needs new mittens/gloves this year (every year) and I think she wants some new socks, too. I always want to knit a new sweater for her (and at least one for me) even though there are a couple that still fit her from previous years.

If you’re thinking about winter knitting and like to knit colorwork mittens, or want to learn how to knit colorwork mittens, Jorid Linvik’s Big Book of Knitted Mittens is for you. The book includes 45 colorwork patterns, ranging from classic Scandinavian designs to funny animals, guitars and more. (Check out all the patterns on Ravelry.)

Some of the patterns are sized for kids and some for adults, and there’s guidance on how to alter the size by changing your gauge.

If you’d like a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, November 6 and I’ll pick a winner at random. I’d love to know about your experience with stranded colorwork, or knitting mittens, or whatever you want to tell me.

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

Looking for more knitting patterns for Mittens? Check these out on Etsy. 

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  2. Omg, the patterns look wonderful. Too bad the book does not seem available in Canada (on Amazon, at least)

  3. I love knitting mittens. And colorwork mittens are even better. The cat mittens would be perfect for Halloween wearing if it was cold enough here. Now to go find my needles and yarn for a new pair of mittens.

  4. I have knitted a lot of mittens in my day and have done the stranded colors, patterned mittens and adult and kids mittens. This book looks awesome. Thanks for the chance.

  5. Those patterns are absolutely gorgeous. With Winter just around the corner we will all be needing mittens here soon.

  6. A book of dreams! Perhaps I can knit to warm all sorts of hands, as my next endeavor! First scarfs to warm necks, then these for any hands! I’ll borrow and surf for patterns otherwise. Thanks for the opportunity!!

  9. One of the first stranded projects I ever add were beautiful gauntlet style mitten I made for my daughter a few years ago.
    They scared me to death, but I jumped right in and just made them.
    She loved them ,and now I’m hooked.

  10. I made a 2 colour stranded hat for my husband and enjoyed the challenge. It was a fairly simple arrow-like motif. I’v always admired the Scandinavian styled mitts and would love to try knitting some soon.

  11. I love using multiple colors in my work. It always comes out so pretty! Hats are my favorite when using multiple colors!

  12. These mittens are terrific — I have some yarn here just waiting for me to make a pair of these. Love the Rock/Guitar pair.

  13. Not a great knitter myself but my sis-in-law is! Would be a great xmas present to give her!

  14. I’ve done stranded work before, and I’ve done mittens before, but I’ve never combined the two! This looks like a wonderful book and just the inspiration I need. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂

  15. I’ve always wanted to try colorwork and the designs of these mittens are so beautiful and intricate

  16. How great are those mittens in the picture! I would love to try a few of these patterns out! thank you!

  18. I’ve made colorwork hats and Christmas stockings, but never mittens. I’d like to try the “invisible stranding” techniques that everyone’s talking about these days.

  20. i knit lots of fingerless mittens, but usually in single colours. The patterns in this book look gorgeous!

  22. I’ve always knitted mittens/hats/scarves sets with novelty yarns on two needles. This is much more challenging but I’d like to give it a try because it’s so beautiful.

  23. I’ve done some stranded knitting but I’ve never made mittens so I’m excited to see this book. Thanks for another great giveaway!

  24. I would loooove to have this books. I grew up with threes mittens in Sweden and now I live in Spain and would these patterns would come so much in hand this winter!

  28. These designs are really beautiful. I knit something with stranded color work in a couple of sweaters but I should definitely try again.

  31. My ancestors were from Scandinavia and would love to have patterns based on this heritage! This book looks awesome!

  32. I would love this book! I am a little intimidated about making mittens and this would surely help!

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Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.