Comments on: Open Source: S’mitten Pattern http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/ This is the bike that will love you back. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Natalie http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-9565 Natalie Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:12:33 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-9565 Hi Kim, I think I knit the cuff and thumb gusset flat with straight needles and then finished the fingers and thumb with double pointed needles. I am gearing up to knit these again myself and I think that this time I might try a short circular needles or use dpns from the beginning to eliminate any seaming. I will post my finished product and any revisions I made... Good luck with the pattern and let me know how it goes! Hi Kim, I think I knit the cuff and thumb gusset flat with straight needles and then finished the fingers and thumb with double pointed needles. I am gearing up to knit these again myself and I think that this time I might try a short circular needles or use dpns from the beginning to eliminate any seaming. I will post my finished product and any revisions I made…

Good luck with the pattern and let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Kim http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-9288 Kim Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:33:18 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-9288 Hello, Thanks for publishing the pattern for these great looking mittens. I have a question: do you also need circular needles? Under materials you list straight and dpn, but not circular needles. Am I missing something? I am getting confused because the pattern says to knit rounds... Thanks so much for explaining! Hello,
Thanks for publishing the pattern for these great looking mittens.
I have a question: do you also need circular needles? Under materials you list straight and dpn, but not circular needles. Am I missing something?
I am getting confused because the pattern says to knit rounds…
Thanks so much for explaining!

]]> By: Niah http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-3766 Niah Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:58:49 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-3766 I'm glad to see this is a felted project to help block wind and even a bit of rain/snow in the final product. When I was a Forester in the Northwoods of Wisconsin about 10 years ago I knitted a pair of these inspired by a pair of similar store bought biking gloves. I needed the dexterity of a three-finger design to hold pencils and tools for my work, and liked the warmth of being almost a mitten. I used a Scandinavian method rather than felting- called "twined knitting" where you work with two strands, alternating them and twisting between each stitch. It is labor intensive and you have to stop periodically to detangle/detwist the two balls of yarn, but the finished product is incredible. I still have them, only a few holes from three straight winters of wear in the woods, plus 7 years of off and on wear. If you have the time and patience look up this method. It's like alternating two-color knitting, but twisting in the same direction rather than stranding. Traditionally uses a three strand cast on. Finished product at fine gauges is wind and rather rain/snow proof, but more flexible and thinner than a felted product. I stitched leather overmitts from work gloves to further protect my "camel gloves" as my husband called them. I’m glad to see this is a felted project to help block wind and even a bit of rain/snow in the final product. When I was a Forester in the Northwoods of Wisconsin about 10 years ago I knitted a pair of these inspired by a pair of similar store bought biking gloves. I needed the dexterity of a three-finger design to hold pencils and tools for my work, and liked the warmth of being almost a mitten. I used a Scandinavian method rather than felting- called “twined knitting” where you work with two strands, alternating them and twisting between each stitch. It is labor intensive and you have to stop periodically to detangle/detwist the two balls of yarn, but the finished product is incredible. I still have them, only a few holes from three straight winters of wear in the woods, plus 7 years of off and on wear. If you have the time and patience look up this method. It’s like alternating two-color knitting, but twisting in the same direction rather than stranding. Traditionally uses a three strand cast on. Finished product at fine gauges is wind and rather rain/snow proof, but more flexible and thinner than a felted product. I stitched leather overmitts from work gloves to further protect my “camel gloves” as my husband called them.

]]> By: patrick http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-3406 patrick Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:52:25 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-3406 jeez, how did i miss this. must not be reading enough blogs. thanks natalie! I will give this pattern a try! xo patrick jeez, how did i miss this. must not be reading enough blogs. thanks natalie! I will give this pattern a try! xo patrick

]]> By: Lynne F http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-2799 Lynne F Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:44:11 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/01/28/open-source-smitten-pattern/#comment-2799 Thank YOU! Another "small" project to carry around! Thank YOU! Another “small” project to carry around!

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