Years ago in England, woolen mills discarded wool sludge, so-called “thrums”, which knitters could gather and use in their mittens to add extra texture and warmth. The technique spread to Europe and in Scandinavia these mittens are called “water carrier mittens” because they were used in the winter when you had to make holes in the ice and carr...

These socks have a reinforced heel and are wonderfully warm.

For more sizes, adjust with knitting needles and yarn.

Lovely long and warm mittens which are knitted on 3.5 mm double pointed needles.

I live in the dark and cold north, and I knit these hats in Fishermans rib with reflective yarn and an extra strand of mohair. The hat becomes wonderfully warm and soft and can be seen well by the roads in the dark. They can of course be knitted in a different yarn, without the reflective thread with the same gauge.

This pattern is inspired by an encounter with a bear in a forest high up in northern Sweden where my son lives.

The mitten has a nice message written in runes on the thumbs wishing the wearer love, energy and protection.

I write my patterns based on how I think they should be written. They differ from classic patterns in “knitting language” which I myself have a little difficulty with.

”Skitfiske” är inte dåligt fiske, utan vad man hälsar till de som ska ut och fiska, alltså en uppmaning och förhoppning om att det ska bli mycket och stor fisk, lite som uttrycket ”break a leg” som lyckönskan – det gäller ju att inte jinxa sin upplevelse, ta ut något i förskott utan gärna på ett ironiskt sätt men med underliggande positiv värme...

The pattern comes in 2 sizes but can be increased or decreased with larger or smaller needles for additional sizes.

The pattern comes in 2 sizes but can be increased or decreased with larger or smaller needles for additional sizes.

Ögon, näbbar och fötter broderas på i efterhand med maskstygn.

Yarn:

Double pointed needles 2,5 and 3,0 mm.

Detta mönster finns på svenska och engelska.

Age: 4- 9 but can be extended with thicker needles.

Age: 5 - 10 but can be extended with thicker needles.

Fötter , ögon och om man vill tuppkammen broderas på efter att vanten är färdig.

Two patterns in one, both mittens and half mittens.

Yarn suggestion:

Daisy sock is knitted from the top down.

This mittens are long, warm and cozy. I use smaller needles than the yarn requires to make them thicker.

For this pattern I used 7 different colours of skeins.

Needles 2.0-2,75 depending on how hard you stitch.

The yarn you use should have the lenght of 170-210m / 50gram.

One skein of each color of yarn 50g=100-120m

One skein of each color

It is a very simple pattern for beginners.