Riihivilla Blooms

I started these mittens yesterday, using a pattern and yarn from Riihivilla, purchased in Helsinki's Market Square last December and found on Ravlery! I had to do the cuff twice, since it was too big with the recommended 3.5mm needles, but it's just perfect with the 3mm ones. I tweaked the pattern just a bit because I only have four colors, but I'm happy with the results so far!

It's Been a While!

I didn't do much knitting over the summer, just a couple of pairs of socks, but I finally got back to these mittens (started in April) and it didn't take much time to finish them off. Improvised the cabled pattern, Novita Nalle yarn, 3mm needles.

Pair No 3

I made these basic mittens for my nephew, either for his birthday (in October) or for Christmas. The yarn is Drops Big Fabel, needles are 3½ mm.

More knots

I made another pair of knot mittens, this time from thinner yarn. They look a lot prettier than the first pair. The purple yarn is Gjestal Nagano and the knots are 7 veljestä. They will probably end up as a Christmas gift for someone who has slightly smaller hands than I.

My first pair

I finally started my first pair of mittens this year, and what could be a better time than during the hottest time of the year! This is an old pattern, which my mother learned from an old woman living in the same village. I've wanted to learn how to make them myself and now I asked my mother to teach me. The mittens have basically knots and the ends of the threads are left inside the mitten (which you can see in the picture below). This makes the mittens really warm.

The knots are really simple to make once you got the hang of it. I had some problems first because the knots tended to disappear on the inside. The trick is to tighten the knot well before knitting the next stitch.

I think I'm going to keep these mittens for myself, since they are not quite as good as I would have liked. I'm going to make another pair with slightly thinner yarn (this was 7 brothers) for someone for Christmas.

Spring Mittens!

As the weather's getting warmer, I'm a little less inspired to knit, but I did manage to finish another pair of Solf mittens en route to the USA last month. (It was great fun to visit a yarn shop with Michi while in Boston!) Inspired by Karhu, I used Nalle blueberry yarn (self-striping) this time. I'm pleased with them, except that I reverse the colors on the tvåändstickning edges! Oh well.

I've started another pair with Nalle - this time one of the flower colorways. These are cabled on the cuff and on the back of the hand. Bring on the flowers!

Tvåändstickning and more

Finally figured out the tvåändstickning, with the help of Michi´s video and Hedgehog sitting by my side telling me what to do next.... I intend to knit a hat using this technique, now that I finally know how it works!

Here are the results of the mitten knitting:

The grey ones are the original Solf-vantar, the pink ones are something my daughter wished for herself. She was not sooo excited about the grey colour, but she found the pattern nice. I have to say that I am surprised how well the pattern works with these yarns with many colours.

I also managed to knit something of Novita Seitsemän veljestä Colori. They were quick to knit, but these are for someone with small hands. This pattern is on the reverse side of the label.

Visited a friend in Iisalmi a couple of weeks ago and knitted these there:

They are made of Novita Puro, this colour is Iltanuotio - Evening fire. They are nice and soft, maybe too soft for mittens.

My next project is reproducing something I got as a present about 15 years ago. We´ll see how that project turns out...