21-11-2019

Cast on with brown and knitted the next row in brown too, before changing to white.
Didn’t swatch. Since I’m trying to make it really small (she’s 3yo), I thought I’ll try the smallest needless I have with fingering weight. If they turn out too large, she can wear them next year.

29-11-2019

I tried the ladder back method (double knitting) to catch the long floats, but it didn’t work out and I can’t figure out why. I could always see the separation at the purl stitch between the knit stitches (I’m not new to double knitting, it’s very easy to make the ladder). So after 5 rounds I gave up. Restarting with the more traditional method for catching long floats.

Mods so far: did 2 rows of contrasting colour at the beginning instead of one.

Using the alternate design for the palms by Leafrrr. And adding whiskers and changing the eyes and nose design as seen on SundayPunch project: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/SundayPunch/norwegian-to....

05-12-2019

Started the thumb yesterday. Please keep in mind that you should pick up at least 2-3 extra st on each side to prevent holes in the fabric. You may knit them together with the other sts after the first row, but the thumb is quite narrow, so I kept two extra sts.

09-12-2019

After a big push this weekend, the second mitt is almost done.
I didn’t break the yarn before knitting the stitches in the contrasting yarn that will become the thumb opening. The mittens are so small that it doesn’t bother me to see the tiny bits of contrasting yarnfloats that I caught. If I would ever do this for an adult, I definitely would break the yarn.

12-12-2019

The second mitten turned out a little bit tighter.
I didn’t used the three needle bind off, just kitchnered it together (I just made that word up).

What would I do different? Take more care of the tension of the long floats. Add even more extra sts on the thumb (4 instead of 2).

29-12-2019

FO dimensions
Length: 16,5 cm
Width: 6,5 cm

Gauge (after washing): 19 st * 20 rw