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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!

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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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Book Review: Viking Knits

Beautiful people and beautiful sweaters combine in Lasse L. Matberg’s Viking Knits. The book includes more than 40 Scandinavian inspired knits for men, women and children featuring textured stitches and colorwork.

Matberg is known as The Viking and has worked as a chef, naval officer, fitness instructor and model, as well as being on a couple of reality TV shows. He comes from a long line of makers and his book was first published in Norwegian in 2021 and has since come out in an English version.

The book is divided into sections including everyday sweaters, knits for the great outdoors, stylish knitwear, Norse sweaters and accessories. Some of the patterns use the same designs in different versions for men, women and children. I counted seven projects rated for beginners, 19 for intermediate knitters and 17 for experienced knitters. The more difficult patterns tend to have allover colorwork or stitch patterning.

The pattern stitches and colorwork are shown in charts, with a little bit of text to tell you how to make the garment. Most of the book is sweaters, but there are also hats (sometimes coordinating with sweaters), scarves and a couple of sitting mats.

You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry. Some of my favorites are the more basic ones, such as the Power Sweater, a close-fitting (sized for men) ribbed sweater; the Heart Sweater, a raglan with allover lice stitch; and the Midsummer Sweater, with textured stripes and a henley neckline. I also like the Breeze designs (there are versions for men, women and children) that have colorwork diamonds on them.

Sizing on the garments varies, but there are six sizes for the men’s patterns (noted as small through XXL and then Lasse sized), six for women (XS to XL) and three for children (age 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12).

The yarns used in the book aren’t available in the United States but you can find suppliers here if you want to use the same yarns. Otherwise the book gives a lot of details about yarn content and gauge so you should be able to find good substitutes wherever you live.

If you have Norwegian or Scandinavian heritage or just like the look of cozy textured or colorful sweaters, this book is a lot of fun, and the eye candy is pretty great, too.

About the book: 192 pages, hardcover, 43 patterns. Published in English in 2023 by Search Press. Suggested retail price $29.95.

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