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Giveaway: Big Book of Knitted Mittens

October 31, 2016 by Sarah White

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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Comments

  1. Julie Deacon says

    October 31, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Love hand knitted mittens!

  2. Tracy says

    October 31, 2016 at 10:45 am

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

  3. knitplaywithfire says

    October 31, 2016 at 11:10 am

    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. Darlene Demell says

    October 31, 2016 at 11:31 am

    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. Rose Scott says

    October 31, 2016 at 11:57 am

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

  6. Tabitha Day. Bezalel says

    October 31, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    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!!

  7. Monita says

    October 31, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    OMG! If I don’t win this book I will certainly buy it anyway.

  8. yarnaddicted says

    October 31, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    I haven’t yet tried stranded colorwork, but would love to learn!

  9. Pat says

    October 31, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    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. Yvonne Walden says

    October 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    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. Karey says

    October 31, 2016 at 4:15 pm

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

  12. marilynnawara says

    October 31, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    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. Cyd Lefebvre says

    October 31, 2016 at 4:25 pm

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

  14. Jane S. says

    October 31, 2016 at 4:25 pm

    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. Natalie Martinez says

    October 31, 2016 at 6:03 pm

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

  16. Lee says

    October 31, 2016 at 7:59 pm

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

  17. Toni Conway says

    October 31, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Still really new to knitting but loving it so far. Would love to own this book.

  18. Dot says

    October 31, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    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.

  19. Deborah Nelson says

    October 31, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    How gorgeous are those mittens! They look a bit challenging though…..

  20. lindarumsey says

    November 1, 2016 at 4:30 am

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

  21. DianeW says

    November 1, 2016 at 5:34 am

    Mittens are the perfect project. Portable and a great way to try color work.

  22. Judith (from Israel) says

    November 1, 2016 at 8:44 am

    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. Donna H says

    November 1, 2016 at 9:18 am

    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. Tatiana says

    November 1, 2016 at 9:43 am

    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!

  25. Sheila says

    November 1, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    I’ve done stranded knitting, but never mittens. This book could change that!

  26. Chris G says

    November 1, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    I’ve been wanting to try to make a pair, would love the book.

  27. Charlotte says

    November 2, 2016 at 6:52 pm

    I want to begin with the Owls 🙂

  28. asteride says

    November 3, 2016 at 11:57 am

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

  29. Marianna says

    November 4, 2016 at 10:28 am

    Great take along knitting!

  30. Linda says

    November 4, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Amazing patterns!

  31. Heidi Johnson McAllister says

    November 5, 2016 at 2:08 am

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

  32. Vera K says

    November 5, 2016 at 8:04 am

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

  33. Meg says

    November 6, 2016 at 11:39 am

    I’d love to knit some of these beauties.

  34. Sisko H. says

    November 6, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    I want to do them all!

  35. lelia says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:44 am

    W O W !! What beautiful mittens. Looks like an awesome book.

  36. Barbara Young says

    November 14, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    I would love this – would be perfect for the Swede in me.

Have you read?

Knit a Stunning Bestiary Scarf

I don’t even know what to say about this amazing knitting pattern. The Bestiary Scarf from Monstra & Mirabilia is so full of details it’s a little intimidating to talk about. 

It features, as the designer describes it, an “artistic encyclopaedia of Western mythical creatures.”

The pattern includes a dragon, harpy, Medusa, chimaera, centauress, phoneix, kraken, mermaid, sew serpent, cyclops, wyvern, Pegasus, amphiptere and amphibaena. (It’s a good thing there’s a photo of the proejct with everything labelled because I definitely didn’t know the names for everything.) It’s also designed like a landscape, with water and land creatures toward the bottom ends and sky creatures toward the top. 

The dragon is at the center and is worked sideways so it will show as upright when you wear it. 

The scarf is worked in double knitting, so the colorwork appears in the opposite colors on the other side. 

It’s worked in light fingering weight yarn (on size 0 US or 2mm knitting needles) and the colorwork is shown in charts. The pattern also includes some video tutorials and written instructions to help you along. The designer says the pattern is for intermediate knitters, and “advanced beginners may succeed with patience and the help of the video tutorials.”

When I was an advanced beginner this kind of a pattern would have brought me to tears, but if you love a challenge, and a project that you’ll wear and get tons of astonished reactions every time, this is the project for you. And of course if you have a few double knitting projects under your belt and are comfortable reading charts, this project shouldn’t be hard, but that doesn’t mean it’s fast. But lots of great things take time, and that’s never stopped us before, right? 

You can get a copy of this pattern from Monstra & Mirabilia on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Monstra & Mirabilia ]

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