I had a slight internet problem so this didn't load this morning! Any way-
Here is a tale of two mittens!
When you experiment in colors sometimes you have a fail--t
he mitten on the right just looks washed out
because all of the colors are the same medium tone!
The mitten on the left has the same design
but the background is white and makes the design pop!
It is easier to experiment on the knitting machine because a mitten is done in an hour.
The grey yarn didn't work with the knitting machine--see all of the dropped stitches?!
The wool was Palette from KnitPicks which I normally love for Fair Isle work
but it didn't stay in the needle hooks on the machine.
So now I know!
The design here uses KnitPicks Stroll for the white
and Patons Kroy Sock in Blue Stripes for the stars.
The green yarn is just waste yarn to hold the live stitches
so I can pick up stitches for the thumb-
also done on the machine.
The top I will use Kitchener stitch to close it up.
Here is the completed thumb, now to seam up the top and down the side.
The mitten class is a good canvas for experimenting and learning new techniques!
Now to make the second mitten and have it match! lol
That's going to be a very pretty set of mittens!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you can do those on a knitting machine! Amazingly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting. I didn't realize that stitches could be dropped on a knitting machine! I actually like both mittens!
ReplyDeleteThe Kroy works great for the stars! Any idea why the grey dropped so many stitches?
ReplyDeleteDo you know the camera trick for using colors? It really helps when judging color intensity.
ReplyDeleteThe blue/white one is beautiful.
Those are gorgeous mittens. The white yarn looks perfect and I like how the Kroy changed colors.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
That mitten would have taken me a year at least to finish!! I am in awe of your machine.
ReplyDeleteI just can't believe you can create that with a knitting machine, amazing!
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