Blue Garter » Mittens, gloves

I had this plan about Christmas crafting this year. I was pretty pleased with it. The plan was rather revolutionary, really: Take it easy. Admit you have a not-quite-six-month-old and a not-quite...

https://bluegarter.org/2012/12/saving-christmas/

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know what July means: the Tour de France and its celebratory knit-along! I already know I’m going to fail at completing this year’s epic...

https://bluegarter.org/2011/07/for-jauntiness-on-or-off-a-bicycle/

Norwegian Wedding Mittens, adapted by Jen and moi the better to suit our Betsy and her Jonathan (Jen’s handsome pair for Jonathan are here) Mods: Braided cast on (thanks, Nancy Bush, and thanks...

https://bluegarter.org/2010/10/warm-hands-warm-hearts/

This looks like the height of luxury, doesn’t it? But I think we’d earned it by singing for three hours in English, Latin, and Italian. I’ve managed a lot of knitting on my Pas de Valse car...

https://bluegarter.org/2009/12/sunday-noon/

Mr. G got a pair of fingerless gloves (actually a tweed set from this same pattern that I never Ravelled) for his birthday last year. He loved them. He wore them regularly. Alas, their little thr...

https://bluegarter.org/2009/12/gloves-for-birthday-man/

A quick and easy remedy against a chilly spring, these armwarmers can be readily knit from stash oddballs or leftovers from other projects. A dash of stranded colorwork and a faux button detail a...

https://bluegarter.org/2009/03/lovisa-armwarmers/

The faintest gleam of sunshine while I was taking my lunch break yielded this: There’s been enough interest in this “design” from folks who’ve seen me wearing my new armwarmers around tha...

https://bluegarter.org/2009/03/tease/

… I can show you one of my favorite designs from last spring: opera gloves, in a pattern I called Minaret for the graceful shape of the traveling stitches on the back of the hand. They don’t ...

https://bluegarter.org/2008/09/at-last/

Everyone who wasn’t at Madrona has surely read about it by now, and any report from me would be less than complete anyway: I went for full-day classes on Saturday and Sunday, but didn’t spend...

https://bluegarter.org/2008/02/old-tricks-for-new-dogs/

On a whim, we went to the coast yesterday. Mr. G’s parents have a little beach house south of Lincoln City, an unassuming and somewhat mildewy little pre-fab that shudders when the washer goes ...

https://bluegarter.org/2008/01/of-puppies-waves-and-mittens/