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Posted by Leah on October 8, 2006, 11:12 am
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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...
Lee
Couldn't you just take the skull and crossbones chart from Hello Yarn
and put it on a mitten pattern you have that will fit your kid in a
less time consuming yarn size? That's what I'd do. I've found it
doesn't need to be an exact match for the recipient to be happy with
the results, and in many cases, they like it more because it's more
unique, not that they are likely to run across someone else who got
that exact pattern made for them, but you never know. I was thinking
that a small enough mitten pattern in DK/sport would probably only
take 2 skull repeats, which might also help with redesigning the tip.
Leah
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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...