Friday 10 December 2010

Fo Friday- Feather and Fan wristies

More from the bright pink acrylic pile, these are a pair of very simple fingerless mitts/wrist warmers made in a feather and fan pattern. It seems to be a stitch pattern that pops up around Ravelry, so I figured I should give it a go. It is much easier than I expected, both to remember and work.
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The yarn is Peter Pan, made by Wendy, it is lovely and soft with quite a low squeakiness. The pattern is Accidental Girly Mitts by craftyLis. I am tempted to make some for myself (not in bright pink) as I was so pleased with how they came out, but I am trying not to repeat patterns, there are so many out there!
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I worked them in the round rather than flat, as I was unfamiliar with the stitch pattern it took me a while to realise I could skip the K1 (or P1 for WS) at each end as that was a seam allowance.
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There is no shaping, just a space left for the thumb by switching to working flat for a few rounds then back to in the round.
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The feather/fan arrangement is left up to the knitter, I alternated between the two.
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2 weeks till Christmas everyone, yippee!

4 comments:

  1. Those are adorable!
    I agree, it's hard to repeat a pattern when there are so many patterns out there to explore.

    Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

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  2. I am with you about not repeating patterns. And I had a similar experience with fingerless gloves recently. Made a pair and fell in love.

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  3. I love that pattern. It gives a little flair to the average fingerless glove!

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  4. Cute mitts! Feather and fan stitch is so versatile, isn't it? That was clever of you to switch it to knitting in the round.

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