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Posted by enigma on October 7, 2006, 9:21 pm
my 6 year old wants a pair of these:
http://www.helloyarn.com/piratemittens.htm
except, obviously, he doesn't have 8" hand circumference. the
designer suggests changing to a fingering weight to get a 6"
circumference, which is still on the too big side. obviously i
haven't test knitted anything yet, but is it likely a
fingering weight on size ones (US) might get me close? or
should i just graph out something similar on my own? he's not
crazy about the traditional pointy fingers part...
lee
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Posted by Katherine on October 8, 2006, 9:15 am
enigma wrote:
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> my 6 year old wants a pair of these:
> http://www.helloyarn.com/piratemittens.htm
> except, obviously, he doesn't have 8" hand circumference. the
> designer suggests changing to a fingering weight to get a 6"
> circumference, which is still on the too big side. obviously i
> haven't test knitted anything yet, but is it likely a
> fingering weight on size ones (US) might get me close? or
> should i just graph out something similar on my own? he's not
> crazy about the traditional pointy fingers part...
I think that it would work, but I don't know if I would want to use
that pattern with such fine yarn and small needles. You can always
change the fingers more to your own style. Let us know how it goes.
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by Wooly on October 8, 2006, 9:58 am
You can drop the "side seams" - 10 stitches total; you can also omit
the diamonds flanking each s&x motif and save a few more stitches.
Variations on this plus dropping down to fingering yarn on wee needles
ought to produce something the kiddo can wear.
forth :
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>enigma wrote:
>> my 6 year old wants a pair of these:
>> http://www.helloyarn.com/piratemittens.htm
>> except, obviously, he doesn't have 8" hand circumference. the
>> designer suggests changing to a fingering weight to get a 6"
>> circumference, which is still on the too big side. obviously i
>> haven't test knitted anything yet, but is it likely a
>> fingering weight on size ones (US) might get me close? or
>> should i just graph out something similar on my own? he's not
>> crazy about the traditional pointy fingers part...
>I think that it would work, but I don't know if I would want to use
>that pattern with such fine yarn and small needles. You can always
>change the fingers more to your own style. Let us know how it goes.
>Higs,
>Katherine
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Posted by enigma on October 8, 2006, 10:06 am
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> You can drop the "side seams" - 10 stitches total; you can
> also omit the diamonds flanking each s&x motif and save a
> few more stitches. Variations on this plus dropping down to
> fingering yarn on wee needles ought to produce something
> the kiddo can wear.
ah, why didn't *i* think of that? i like the idea of working
fingering on ones, because, even with the double stranding, i
think fingering on 3s isn't going to make really warm mittens.
i think i'm going to have to make a mitten as the swatch with
these though.
i have an aquaintance whose child was born without a right
hand, so if i swatch left mittens & they're too big...
lee
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Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if
there be
one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of
blindfolded
fear. - Thomas Jefferson
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Posted by Wooly on October 8, 2006, 11:06 am
spewed forth :
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> ah, why didn't *i* think of that? i like the idea of working
>fingering on ones, because, even with the double stranding, i
>think fingering on 3s isn't going to make really warm mittens.
> i think i'm going to have to make a mitten as the swatch with
>these though.
I made the matching cap last week for my kiddo. I used worsted weight
yarn but I had to lose 20-odd stitches for the thing to fit his bean -
so I've been down this road with these charts :D
Happy knitting!
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> http://www.helloyarn.com/piratemittens.htm
> except, obviously, he doesn't have 8" hand circumference. the
> designer suggests changing to a fingering weight to get a 6"
> circumference, which is still on the too big side. obviously i
> haven't test knitted anything yet, but is it likely a
> fingering weight on size ones (US) might get me close? or
> should i just graph out something similar on my own? he's not
> crazy about the traditional pointy fingers part...