December 24, 2016

Happy Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve! I hope everyone's excited for Christmas tomorrow.

Spent the few days with Tim to do chalkboard art together drawing Christmas theme using Funko Pop's Santa and Rudolph.

Funko chalkboard art

Funko chalkboard art

Funko chalkboard art

Funko chalkboard art

Funko chalkboard art
photograph by Tim
Funko chalkboard art
photograph by Tim

December 4, 2016

Candy Cane Mitten Pattern

My second attempt to make mittens for the winter!

I had mittens that I was wearing it for almost a decades and still wanted to continue to use them. So to carry on, I made knitted mittens and use my old mitten as inside lining to make good use of it.

This post includes free pattern to make Candy Cane Mittens without the lining.

Candy Cane mitten



I had these grey mittens from high school that I got it as a gift. After using it for 17 years now, it was time to make changes. I re-used this mitten as lining for my new knitted mitten so I modified to make it smaller to fit, remove any tags.

Candy Cane mitten

Candy Cane mitten

Candy Cane mitten

Candy Cane mitten

Candy Cane mitten

Candy Cane mitten



Candy Cane Mitten Pattern
Simple Christmas colors with scalloped patterns with striped thumb.
*you need basic understanding of circle knitting and knitting thumb hole.

Materials:
Needle Size: 8US/5mm
Yarn Type: 4-Medium
-Red yarn
-White yarn

Cast 36 with red yarn
Row 1-12 : K, K, P, P, Repeat (K, K, P, P,) across
Row 13-29 : K across.
Row 30 : Using separate yarn to discard later on, stitch across K8. Go back to red yarn and K across.
Row 31 - 38 : K across.
Row 39 : Switch to white yarn, K1 white, K4 red, K2 white, Repeat (K4 red, K2 white) across.
Row 40 : K2 white, K2 red, K4 white, Repeat (K2 red, K4 white) across.
Row 41 - 54 : K across white.
Row 55 : Decrease K1, K35, Decrease K1.
Row 56 : Decrease K1, K15, Decrease K1, K15, Decrease K1.
Row 57 : Decrease K1, K13, Decrease K1, K13, Decrease K1.
Row 58 : Decrease K2, K9, Decrease K2, K9, Decrease K2.
Row 59 : Decrease K3, K3, Decrease K3, K3, Decrease K3.

Thumb
Row 1 : K across white.
Row 2 : K across red.
Repeat Row 1 and 2 until 16th row.

Candy Cane mitten