Grinch Knitted Mitten (1975)

A Knitted Mitten for the Grinch............

My 1975 challenge part two the mittens,

1st mitten went well or So I thought!
(I seem to be typing that a lot lately)

I mean I did wonder about how long the hand part was becoming.

It was fast becoming a Grinch mitt, extra long fingers.

A working Coffee today, had some teasing by my good friend Kim........as I proudly stitched up my mitt.

Explaining all about my Julie, Julia Child's Knit challenge.

Explaining that is why the Mitt looked a little large,

I am pattern following, 1975 style!.

Mentioning here, putting it together the way that I thought it was supposed to go,
I mean there are no notes on that part,
just the diagram.

Go figure!.




My thumb and the end of the fingers part, traditionally should be quite close.........

And not around 15cm long.

It was here I realised my mistake whist completing mitten two,

I had in fact sewn the cuff(The turn up part) as the hand ,vice verser.

Hence the extended finger part!

Phew easily fixed (oh yeah) and tonight the met my pre teens seal of approval, she is very happy with her new Mitt's.

Good job completed so quickly as it snowed a little again today...........we are in for a bad winter, for sure;-(

Good Mitt verses Grinch Mitt before a quick repair
As I use crochet to stitch up it was quick to UN-pick(frog) and swap ends to stitch.

My Rasmus on his 1st Jog

Today I decided to brave the elements and my strong dog.
And double up my tasks,
dog walk and a run.
And surprisingly it went ok;-)

The Knitting Challenge Begins.

Not quiet the start I had planned, above my 1st wrong attempt of yet the simplest hat ever. But to my fairness the pattern/digram is in another language.



Here's how I began.

Pattern 0ne

Hat!

Easy peasy (hopefully)

Mössa

Storklek: Vexenmodell, lätt att minska till barnmodell.

Garn: Ett tjockt,mjukt och luftigt ullgarn rekommenderas. Till mössan s. 16 och 24 har” Gute” garn från Bergå använts.

Garnåtgång: 1-1 1/5 hg.

Tips: Om man vill ha en smidigare mössa kan man dra ifrån 5 cn på

Uppläggningsvaret och vika upp enkel kant.

Translated

Cap



Storklek: Vexenmodell, easy to reduce the child model.

Yarn: A thick, soft and fluffy wool is recommended. To cap p. 16 and 24 have "Gute" yarn from Berg used.

Materials: 1hg.

Tip: If you want a flexible cap, you can subtract 5 cm on

Posting answer and unfold single edge.

Ok then lets work that out……..

Diagram below

This was my big mistake the 36 width and the 44 height I assumed was Cm's So attempt one just like my Fiona hat grew way to fast to ever be a basic hat.



Attempt two



36 stitches

44 rows



And I'm off again.



Here I have to apologise to Helen(Sticka) and Karin(Ex knit lab)



As they kindly offered me a lot of help with the translating, but this post was already prepared and ready to go.(Organised week)



So I promise my next translate will be Spot on......100%;-)



Below attempt two............

Phoenix

More Photos of Phoenix, to finish I just have to complete the skirt. One skein that today I will go to Panduro(Swedish craft store)



Which was where I purchased the yarn and hopefully they will have some thing similar, as I brought the orange a while back in the sales:-(.

Traditional yet funky

Detailed neck stitch, I think that this is my favourite part.

Christmassy Ribbon

Twisty Stitch