I decided to try some Fair Isle knitting to make a winter hat and mitts. I found a book of baby knits with a variety of stranded/intarsia style patterns. The hat is from the Fair Isle section and the mitts are of Norwegian origin.
I am hoping that these will be warmer than regular knitted hat and mitts.
There were quite few problems with the hat. I found that the stitches kept slipping off the dpns. The knitted fabric was very stiff and the yarns which I had chosen from my left over boxes, did not have sufficient contrast. The pattern was written for 2.25 mm needles.
The smallest circular l owned was 3.25 mm which meant I had to make major modifications to the pattern. It took several attempts and a change in yarn to get anything like an acceptable fabric. I think the hat is more open than I would like . After l knitted the mitts, I realized that 2.75 mm needles would have been ideal.
Size: 132 sts
Pattern: Sanquhar Bonnet by Elanor Lyons in Baby Knits from Around the World
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette
Colour: Conch
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks
Colour: Muslin
The mitts are knitted according to the pattern on 2.75 mm dpns. That fabric is much stiffer and therefore probably warmer.
There were quite few problems with the hat. I found that the stitches kept slipping off the dpns. The knitted fabric was very stiff and the yarns which I had chosen from my left over boxes, did not have sufficient contrast. The pattern was written for 2.25 mm needles.
The smallest circular l owned was 3.25 mm which meant I had to make major modifications to the pattern. It took several attempts and a change in yarn to get anything like an acceptable fabric. I think the hat is more open than I would like . After l knitted the mitts, I realized that 2.75 mm needles would have been ideal.
Size: 132 sts
Pattern: Sanquhar Bonnet by Elanor Lyons in Baby Knits from Around the World
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette
Colour: Conch
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks
Colour: Muslin
The mitts are knitted according to the pattern on 2.75 mm dpns. That fabric is much stiffer and therefore probably warmer.
I love the look of these patterns and would like to try adapting them for adult size mitts and maybe hat too!
Size: 36 sts
Pattern: Mittens for Seven by Kate Larson in Baby Knits from Around the World
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette
Colour: Conch
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks
Colour: Muslin
Size: 36 sts
Pattern: Mittens for Seven by Kate Larson in Baby Knits from Around the World
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette
Colour: Conch
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks
Colour: Muslin
