Traditional Lithuanian Pattern Mittens by Sonata Eidikiene

Traditional Lithuanian Pattern Mittens

Knitting
September 2012
Sirri Faroese Wool 2-ply
Sport (12 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in charted colourwork pattern
US 1 - 2.25 mm
546 yards (499 m)
7½ inches (19.0 cm) hand circumference and 12 inches (30.5 cm) long
English

The Lithuanian Pattern Mittens are based on the center pattern in the lower grouping from Antanas Tamošaitis’s book, Sodžiaus menas, kn. 5: Mezgimo-nerimo raštai--Village Arts, no. 5: Charted Knitting Patterns. (Kaunas, Lithuania: Žemes Ukio Rumu leidykla, 1933).

Knitting Traditions Fall 2012