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We're here to help you stitch sustainability into every aspect of your making.
With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
We're here to help you stitch sustainability into every aspect of your making.
With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
The Waltz Fingerless Mittens feature a sinuous, dancing pattern of slipped stitches on both the front and the palm. They were inspired by the swirling, intertwining lines of Art Nouveau design reminiscent of dancers moving and twirling on the dance floor.
The Waltz Fingerless Mittens are worked from the cuff, starting with a two-color corrugated ribbing, transitioning into the pattern stitch which is worked in alternating rounds of color with slipped stitches. Gusset increases are worked for the thumb which is finished after completion of the hand. Hand and thumb are finished with matching ribbing.
Christie Wareham-Norfolk
White Gum Wool 4ply Fingering
This pattern is available in Making Stories Magazine Issue 12, Art Nouveau.
SIZES
1 (2, 3)
Finished hand circumference: 16.75 (19.25, 22) cm / 6.5 (7.5, 8.75)” – recommended to be worn with 1.25 – 2.5 cm / 0.5”– 1” of negative ease.
YARN
The pattern was written with this yarn in mind: White Gum Wool 4-ply Fingering (100% Merino; 472 metres / 516 yards per 100 g)
MC: 75 (100, 115) metres / 80 (110, 125) yards
CC: 75 (100, 115) metres / 80 (110, 125) yards
Unfortunately, the sample was lost in the mail, so we had to improvise for the photoshoot! We knit up a second sample in Schoppelwolle Zauberwolle, colorway Elefantentreffen, and BC Garn Semilla Melange, colorway Vanilla.
NEEDLES
3.25 mm / US 3 double-pointed needles (or needle size to obtain gauge)
2.75 mm / US 2 double-pointed needles (or needle size one to two sizes smaller than gauge-size needle)
GAUGE
30 sts x 44 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in charted pattern, on larger needle, after blocking)
NOTIONS
• Blocking tools (blocking mat, optional)
• Cable needle
• Darning needle
• Scrap yarn
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure
SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
• Backward Loop Cast-On
• Cable Cast-On
• Cables
• Reading charts
CONTRIBUTORS
• Model: Laura Alden
• Photography: Melinda Dela Costa
• Tech Editing: Jessica Schwab & Jen Hurley
• Graphic Design: Camille Romano
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Hand circumference: 16.75 (19.25, 22) cm / 6.5 (7.5, 8.75)”
• Total length: 19.75 (22.5, 24.75) cm / 7.75 (8.75, 9.75)”
Amanda's Waltz Mittens in size 2, knit in Brooklyn Tweed Peerie, colorway Carob, and Shibui Knits Staccato, colorway Caffeine
jpsherman's Waltz Mittens knit in White Gum Wool 4ply Fingering, colorways Ashmore and Gum Grey
Annie's Waltz Mittens in size 1, knit in White Gum Wool 4ply Fingering, colorways Sedge and Gum Grey
BC Garn's Semilla Melange is a wonderful organic allrounder yarn. It's 100% wool, and woollen-spun, which makes it lofty and warm at the same time.
Semilla Melange is GOTS certified, which ensures the highest organic standards when it comes to how the fiber is grown, washed, spun, and dyed. The fleeces come from mulesing-free farms in South America, the spinning and dyeing is done in Turkey. Like all our yarns, it's non-superwash and plastic-free.
Semilla Melange is also a wonderful companion to our favorite color-changing yarn Zauberwolle and the delightfully fluffy Bérénice!
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