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Mitts for Hannah
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Perfect fit.
Perfect fit.
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Finished
September 2, 2025
September 10, 2025

Mitts for Hannah

Project info
Speckled Mitts by Modern Renaissance Knitwear
Knitting
Hands → Fingerless Gloves/Mitts
Hannah
small
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
Galler Yarns Belangor (TM)
1 skein = 33.0 yards (30.2 meters), 10 grams
Black
gift
Jade Sapphire 8-ply Mongolian Cashmere
Black
gift
Notes

Making these for my therapist who worked/ works with me for six months after shoulder surgery.
When I asked her, her favorite color, she said black as it makes getting dressed easy ( no worry about matching outfits).
I wanted to make these extra special and was glad to find these beautiful black yarns in my stash. I will use the angora for the ribbing, adding ribbing before the bind off and in the thumb. And the cashmere will be for the body of the mitt.

She has tiny hands!
Can’t wait to get these done and give them to her.

09-02-2025

Watched Stephen West’s tutorial on the tubular cast on as a refresher. https://youtu.be/a8dvvfkiIHs?si=uYeaz-ss5qz6XuJ6

09-06-2025

Made the following changes:
ktbl both first sts on front ( middle st of thumb gusset) and back ( to that one I changed the two surrounding sts to purls).

I put the 11 thumb gusset sts on hold and worked ribbing for 3 rounds.

Insted of decreasing to 24 sts in rnd 31, I increased 1 stitch by the thumb gusset to 26, knitted 6 rounds plain, then changed to ribbing for two rounds , changed to #6 needles and the angora yarn, worked one morw round of ribbing and then BO using Jenny’s strechy bind off.

09-07-2025

I even had to double-check that I was doing the strechy bind off correctly joyIt has just been too long!
https://youtu.be/X1hD4mYE3RE?si=83n8zKG40VTfGOBL

09-10-2025

Woke up 4:30am this morning and finished them. Now I just need to wash them before gifting.

09-23-2025

Gifted them today. They are a perfect fit. Hannah was so happy, she says they are her first and only pair which fit.

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Finished
September 2, 2025
September 10, 2025
About this pattern
Speckled Mitts
by Modern Renaissance Knitwear
from Modern Renaissance Knitwear
7 projects, in 20 queues
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About this yarn
8-ply Mongolian Cashmere
by Jade Sapphire
Aran
100% Cashmere goat
100 yards / 55 grams

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stashed 1145 times

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About this yarn
Belangor (TM)
by Galler Yarns
Worsted
100% French
33 yards / 10 grams

454 projects

stashed 568 times

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  • Project created: September 1, 2025
  • Finished: September 10, 2025
  • Updated: September 23, 2025