Mittens.....

[MarvieN]

:mad :irked >:

 

I worked on one mitten all yesterday afternoon, into the night, and into the wee hours of the morning. I couldn't find a single pattern I liked or understood so I attempted to canabalize several. I took the cuff from one (bc it was worked BLO vs FP/BP) I stole the body of the mitten from SamplerLady, I tried to follow someone else's directions for a thumb HA! It was the ugliest thumb in existance. Frogged it and went out to smoke, while I sat there I remembered the turtle I'd made the other day, while making his head I'd commented to myself that it sort of resembled a finger for a glove, so I found his pattern and stole his head, making a few increases to make it work around my big knuckles, and I now have a beautiful, smooth thumb sewn onto the body of this mitten from he!!

 

The thing that's giving me trouble is the part from the thumb up. (Now, remember, I'm doing fingerless with a flappy thing.) I followed (loosely) another patterns flappy thing, which instructed me to stitch across the back of the mitten for so many stitches (which I had to adjust because I have freakishly large hands for my 5' body) then chain so many stitches (which ended up being 2 stitches more than what you do across the back) so I counted how many I did across the back, added two more chains, then followed the directions and attached it to the first stitch on the back... now that took a few tries before I finally figured out, but I managed it, the durn thing kept looking wrong at first.

 

So I now have the start of the flap, the directions tell me to stitch around (ok well they say to stitch across the chain, then across the back, that ended up being around basically) so I did that. So far so good. Then the directions started talking about 2sctog (I was using hdc but that wasn't what got me) I assumed that 2 sctog meant decrease?? So I decreased at the sides, which was where it worked out that the 2 sctog were located, even though the count was different from mine. I kept going like that for a while and ended up with a very odd looking thing. It did NOT look like the nicely rounded top mittens I have always known. I frogged it (should have taken a pic, sorry) and tried again, and again. I have frogged this poor thing so many times, the yarn is crying out to me to please stoppit!

 

I refuse to give up on this (which is my usual choice when I can't get something right) I really want a pair of mittens out of this white wool ease. It's soooooo soft and pretty.

 

So I am going to try again, with a different yarn till I get it right so I don't upset my pretty yarn anymore, and I would really appreciate some help getting this thing right.

 

So my QOTD is : How do you make a nice curved mitten top??

 

Thanks,

Marvie

[Guest SamplerLady]

So my QOTD is : How do you make a nice curved mitten top??

I think increasing stitches are much more even and shape better than decreasing stitches.Especially in something as small as a mitten top. So my answer would be to make the top flipping part of the mitten separately and attach it to the fingerless gloves.

[DawnsRays]

Don't give up, Marvie.... we know you can do it.:cheer2

 

I agree with Sampler Lady. Give it a try:D

 

~DAWN

[LanetteG]

Wow:sweat

That's exactly how I feel and all I have done is read the pattern for a pair. And that's exactly why I haven't started them. Good Luck!

[Guest SamplerLady]

Marvie, I did a mitten for you yesterday.

 

Ch 4, join. Ch 2 and do 11 hdcs in circle. (12 sts)

Ch 2 and do a hdc in same st as joining. 2 hdc in each hdc (24 sts) (for larger hands you may want to do another circle here with 2 hdc in every other st around [36 sts] Do not join.

*Hdc in next st* Repeat from * to * until tube fits to the bottom of your fingers. Chain half the number of stitches in the round and reattach on the other side. Continue hdc around front of mitten and chain. This creates the hole for the flipper.

 

Do about two or three rows, depends on how long your hand is until you are ready to put in the thumb hole. Try the mitten on and locate where you want the thumb and continue hdcs until you are where the thumb should go. Ch 3 or 4 depending on how big the thumb hole needs to be. Skip the same number of hdcs in that round, attach the ch with an hdc and continue for a few more rounds until mitten hits the wrist crease. Sl st in the next st, chain 3 and dc around, join. Alternate fpdc and bpdc for three or more rounds to create cuff. Finish off.

 

Pick up a stich at the bottom of the thumb hole and sc or hdc around. You can join and ch and do the next round, or just keep going in a spiral. When the thumb tube reaches the bottom of the thumb nail, begin decrease by crocheting the next two stitches together all the way around until it's too small to continue. Cut yarn leaving a long tail. Pull tail inside the thumb tube, turn mitten inside out and take a stitch or two to close up the top of the thumb tube. Weave in end and trim.

 

I went back at this point and added three more rows to the top of the flap hole to create a flap to cover the hole when wearing the mitten. If you need a better explanation on how to do this, ask, please, because this isn't meant to be a pattern as much as a technique for making a mitten.

[MarvieN]

Oh my, all I can say is you are AWESOME! I'm going to give this a try right now :)h It sounds simple enough for me to handle lol. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! I'll post pics as soon as I have one complete!

 

:cloud9

Marvie

[MarvieN]

I actually have a completed mitten

 

THANK you Sampler Lady for your help!

 

 

<a href="http://img95.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img95ℑ=myfirstmitten.jpg'>http://img95.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img95ℑ=myfirstmitten.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img95.exs.cx/img95/8178/myfirstmitten.th.jpg" border="0" /></a>

 

<a href="http://img95.exs.cx/my.php loc=img95ℑ=myfirstmitten2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img95.exs.cx/img95/7388/myfirstmitten2.th.jpg" border="0" /></a>

 

<a href="http://img95.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img95ℑ=myfirstmitten3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img95.exs.cx/img95/2532/myfirstmitten3.th.jpg" border="0" /></a>

[Guest SamplerLady]

WooooHoooo! Way to Go, Marvie!

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[MarvieN]

And here is the other mitten... This one was made following your guide all the way, except the thumb (which I screwed up anyway lol) and the cuff. The first one was the one I'd already made but I added the flipper from your guide. They aren't even close to looking alike, but yanno what?? I will wear them proudly lol. I made em <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/veryhappy.gif" />

 

<a href="http://img3.exs.cx/my.php loc=img3ℑ=Mitten2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6460/Mitten2.th.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /></a>

[ladywyntir]

YAY!!! :danc

 

:fall :fall

 

congrats! Beautiful mittens, Marvie!

 

~Marj :sheep

[bythehook]

Way to go, Marvie! <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cheer.gif" /> <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cheer.gif" /> <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cheer.gif" /> and KUDOS to SamplerLady for providing an easy to understand technique for making a flip mitten. Take a bow SamplerLady. <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/bow.gif" /> <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/bow.gif" />

[Guest SamplerLady]

Why thank you, Dot! Glad to be of service.

[Chiscrochetcrazy]

Those are really neat Too bad I'm in Texas don't get much need for gloves or mittens. Great job:clap

 

:turkey

[kellyv]

Glad to see you didnt give up! Way to go:cheer2 :cheer2 I am still to chicken to try mittens myself:ha But maybe I will. kelly v

[MarvieN]

Kelly, I swear to you, if you follow the formula SamplerLady gave me, you can do it! I made a pair last night using sc instead of hdc. That makes three pair I've made so far :woohoo I'll be starting another pair tonight for my son's friend. Go ahead, give it a try!

 

Marvie

[RebeccaVelasquez]

exactly the reason i love this place!!!

 

:grouphug

 

great mittens, btw