saint-gervais, 1948 by winterludes

saint-gervais, 1948

Knitting
December 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
219 yards (200 m)
one size for women: 6.5 to 7.5
English
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I remember a photo of my grandmother skiing in the Alps. On the back of the image, this indication: Saint-Gervais, 1948.
It’s a black and white pic, but my mother remembered her
mother’s mittens had medium blue and faded red patterns.
I turned the mittens into fingerless gloves and modified
the thumb for a modern look, but kept obviously the vintage
colors.
Those fingerless gloves are worked from the top down.

the thumb is a bit impudent and keeps his own pattern to the wrist!

Yarn:
L’Échappée Laine Shetland Fine 219 yds (200 m) / 50 g (1.76 oz
MC (Beige chiné): 35 g
CC1 (Mer): 20 g
CC2 (Paprika): 15 g

ribs are worked with needles 1.5, body requests needles 3

(this pattern is intended to down size your stash of fingering shetland leftovers).