Sachiko Itoh

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Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Very simple and fast project. Great for using up your stash yarn. Easy to adjust the length and width. Sample is shown in solid lime green yarn and variegated pink/red/green yarn.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This is the kids version of Shima Shima wrist warmer.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Simple stripy long wrist warmer. I used one solid color (green) and one variegated (blue-purple) yarn to make this wrist warmer “shima shima” (stripe).
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This is a modified version of my earlier “basket weave gloves”. With added thumb gusset, the gloves will fit more snugly. Just to warn you, basket weave pattern is not difficult, but it goes slow.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
My mother made wrist warmers for me (the last picture) and this is a modified version of it. Basket weave in the round is not difficult but it is slow. It is beautiful, though, especially with variegated yarn!
Knitting: Cowl
Two skeins of different shades of orange are used in this cowl. I double stranded the yarn and two shades of yarn are combined in such a way that the color gradually blends in and changes one end of the cowl to the other. (I originally wanted to use more distinct two different colors, like orange and yellow, instead of two similar shades of ora...