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September 18, 2008
Little mittens
I made a pair of mittens for a new addition to my family: my cousin's baby girl. If you look closely, you can find out her name.
It's a pattern based on a pair of gloves from the wonderful little book called The Mitten Book by Inger and Ingrid Gottfridsson. It's a very humble little book, but I love it. It starts with a bit of history about Swedish mittens and a generic mitten recipe, followed by page after page of mitten examples. They show you a picture of the finished mitten and charts for the motifs used, so you can plug them into the generic pattern (or your own favourite mitten pattern of course). It really is a nice little book if you like scandinavian type mittens.
I'll be sending them off tomorrow. In the meantime, I hope my cousin doesn't read my blog. No real danger of that, I guess, I think most people have stopped reading my blog about now, with my lousy update rate... I'm not quitting, really, I'm not, but I can't make any promises about updates. For those of you who are still reading this: thank you for your patience!
Posted by saartje at September 18, 2008 9:05 PM
Comments
We are still checking in on you! Those are lovely mittens. I have that mitten book, I want to try the pattern with waves.
Celina
Posted by: Celina at September 18, 2008 9:26 PM
Great mittens! ....I'm still reading..lol.
Posted by: Joansie at September 18, 2008 9:33 PM
Your posts are worth waiting for! Lovely mittens.
Posted by: Chris at September 18, 2008 9:40 PM
I have not stopped checking on your blog! I never will. Your blog was the first knitting weblog I discovered and I have been a faithful visitor ever since.
You have (not yet) mentioned the authors of the mitten book, but I bet you are talking about Inger and Ingrid Gottfridsson. I recognise the pattern, I also own the book. It is a very lovely book, that requires some mitten knitting experience. I love those traditional scandinavian motives! Your cousin's baby is a lucky little girl!!
Posted by: Ina at September 18, 2008 9:44 PM
I'm still reading! I have a little boy, so I know how busy things can get - I'm happy to read your posts whenever you get around to them!
Posted by: Dina at September 18, 2008 10:10 PM
Those are darling!!!! Hard to think of snow right now, but in all honesty - I am starting to look over hat and mitten patterns.
Cute. Cute. Cute!
Posted by: Ewe-niss at September 18, 2008 10:15 PM
Oh course we still read your blog and understand that you are a busy mother with a full life. No apologies necessary. Glad to see such joyful mittens!
Posted by: Jan at September 18, 2008 10:24 PM
I still read your blog!!!
Those mittens are so cute, great little gift.
Posted by: Estee at September 18, 2008 10:28 PM
Your mittens are so sweet! I have that book...lots of possibilities in it to play with. I think it's time to pull out the mitten yarn again.
Posted by: Jan at September 18, 2008 10:47 PM
Very adorable mittens. I'm sure they will be loved.
Posted by: alex at September 19, 2008 12:25 AM
I'm still reading every update!
I love those mittens. They look like winter, which isn't far off.
Great work!
Posted by: Nancy at September 19, 2008 12:42 AM
Oh, very much still here and enjoying what you do have time to post about.
Posted by: Laura at September 19, 2008 1:03 AM
I'm still here Saartje--I'm always pleased to see a new post.
Adorable mittens!
Posted by: michelle at September 19, 2008 3:40 AM
Cute mittens! There are very similar ones in Robin Hansen's mitten book - the one I have is Fox & Geese and Fences, I think.
Posted by: Pam at September 19, 2008 5:48 AM
I'm still here. Great mittens! Love how they are personalized.
Posted by: TheAmpuT at September 19, 2008 6:21 AM
Wat zijn ze prachtig en wat ook een mooi aandenken voor later.
Posted by: tijm at September 19, 2008 7:22 AM
Some of us love Google Reader! :)
Your posts are worth waiting for. I love those mittens!
Posted by: Anna at September 19, 2008 7:48 AM
Welcome Lynn! What a lucky little girl to have a knitting 'Aunty' The mittens are adorable. And like your other loyal followers I will never stop checking by your place.
Posted by: EmJayDee at September 19, 2008 8:13 AM
Those are adorable!
I guess they will keep Lynn warm during fall and winter :)
Posted by: hege at September 19, 2008 9:01 AM
These mittens are really cute!
And I, too am always checking out for a new post here! Worth it! But I absolutely understand that there are more important things in LIFE than daily or even weekly blog posts...
Posted by: Tina at September 19, 2008 9:26 AM
Gorgeous mittens - I might have to make some for my niece (like she doesn't already have enough handknit stuff!).
Posted by: Liz T. at September 19, 2008 10:00 AM
I don't mind the infrequent updates - I mean, I'd love to read more of your words but I subscribe to your RSS feed so it's not like I'm annoyed when you don't post. I'm just pleased when you do and my RSS reader shows me a new post. Lovely mittens!
Posted by: Jill at September 19, 2008 10:30 AM
Saartje wat een prachtige wantjes. Ik ben van plan om een Noorse trui te breien in die kleuren voor mijn dochter en als ik de kleuren zo zie dan is dat een goede keuze.
Ik houd je blog ook nog wel in de gaten hoor (gemakkelijk als je je bij Google reader abonneert) want je hebt een prachtige blog. Mede dankzij jou blog ging er een wereld voor me open op Internet.
En het is heel logisch dat af en toe wat minder goed lukt om de blog bij te houden. Juist nu je een kindje hebt bijvoorbeeld. Probeer maar te genieten hoor. Een blog houd je toch voor jezelf bij en jij moet daar tijd voor hebben en zin in hebben.
Posted by: hannah at September 19, 2008 11:06 AM
Good to hear from you again!
I love the mittens - very cute :)
Posted by: Vonnie at September 19, 2008 1:49 PM
I absolutely love mittens on a string! Very clever to incorporate her name and birth year in the design :-)
Posted by: Marie N. at September 19, 2008 4:31 PM
Wat een schattige wandjes daar is zij vast heel erg blij mee.
Posted by: Siem at September 19, 2008 5:21 PM
I haven't stopped checking in either. Even if you do post quite rarely, you always have such beautiful pictures when you do that I think they are worth waiting for.
Posted by: Caroline (purplish on Ravelry) at September 19, 2008 5:38 PM
Fantastic as usual! Love that red and white together:)
Posted by: Heather at September 19, 2008 9:53 PM
Erg lief van die kleintjes!
Posted by: Angelique at September 19, 2008 11:24 PM
I love them! Wish they were mine....
Posted by: Mette at September 20, 2008 4:37 PM
"Je hebt een prachtige blog" FOR SURE and it is well worth waiting for. I want to make those mittens!!
Posted by: Anita at September 20, 2008 5:10 PM
kwaliteit wint het over kwantiteit - anytime!
Posted by: rineke at September 21, 2008 8:30 AM
Those are wonderful! I didn't notice the words right away. :)
Posted by: Emma at September 21, 2008 3:08 PM
cute and lovely nice gift for LYNN
Posted by: MoniK/E at September 21, 2008 3:10 PM
Saartje, wat een schatjes! En als je Gottfriedsson al leuk vindt..... dan vindt je Sata helemaal geweldig...... ;-)
Carla M
Posted by: Carla M at September 21, 2008 11:08 PM
Beautiful mitts Saartje. I just finished your bootees to go with the Baby Surprise Jacket for my grandniece who is due to be born in November.
Your blog is a pleasure to read and I always look forward to your updates. :)
Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2008 10:32 PM
Als een ex-Hollandse, moet ik hier even op reageren, hoor. Ik kijk maar naar weinig blogs maar die van jou staat wel bovenaan. Het is spannend om te checken of je al een nieuw hoofdstukje hebt geschreven dus ik kijk naar jou blog eens per twee weken (ja, ik zei al dat ik niet veel naar blogs kijk). Elke keer als er iets nieuws is, is het altijd ver boven wat ik verwacht had. Natuurlijk brei ik zelf ook en sinds een jaar of 10 spin ik m'n eigen garen ook. Dus mijn advies is, gewoon doorgaan wanneer jij het leuk vind en er tijd voor hebt. Het is goed voor ons om op sommige dingen te wachten.
Ria
Posted by: Ria at September 26, 2008 2:58 AM
Your blog is one of the best. I'll keep checking, regardless of frequency...
Posted by: kim warren at September 29, 2008 8:39 PM
love to see your blog whenever you have time to write. It is fine that you do write when you do. Thank you.
Posted by: Thea at September 30, 2008 5:56 AM
very cute!
Posted by: missa at October 3, 2008 8:43 PM
I love your posts, abd look forward to them. I have the mitten book you mention and have just never gotten around to knitting from it, but your mittens remind me how much I like them. I think they will make wonderful gifts for some of my family. Thank you.
Posted by: Marsha at October 7, 2008 2:42 AM
I really love the shape of these mittens. I looked up the book but it appears to out of print. Do you know where i might be able to find a mitten pattern that has a similar shape? I would probably knit them one color (because I'm not that skilled yet) so any pattern would be fine. Also, everyday in winter I wear the Noro hat and get compliments!
Posted by: Melissa at October 28, 2008 11:30 PM
Hello. And Bye.
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