Comments on: great new mitten pattern! http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:48:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: mintyfresh http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-393 mintyfresh Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:05:54 +0000 http://hungryknitter.com/?p=78#comment-393 Twisted stitches are the key to these mitts! The original maypole pattern had sort of half-twisted stitches, which I quickly rectified :) So glad you liked knitting them; thanks again for your astute feedback and speediness! mwah! Twisted stitches are the key to these mitts! The original maypole pattern had sort of half-twisted stitches, which I quickly rectified :) So glad you liked knitting them; thanks again for your astute feedback and speediness! mwah!

]]> By: Not-So Cynical Knitter http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-391 Not-So Cynical Knitter Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:16:00 +0000 http://hungryknitter.com/?p=78#comment-391 I love these! And, I actually enjoy seed stitch tedium...sometimes...thanks for the tip about twisting stitches. Great idea! I love these! And, I actually enjoy seed stitch tedium…sometimes…thanks for the tip about twisting stitches. Great idea!

]]> By: grumperina http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-384 grumperina Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:28:03 +0000 http://hungryknitter.com/?p=78#comment-384 Looking gorgeous! Good to know that they were a fun knit to boot! Looking gorgeous! Good to know that they were a fun knit to boot!

]]> By: Lauren http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-383 Lauren Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:38:02 +0000 http://hungryknitter.com/?p=78#comment-383 I responded to Terrye's question about twisted stitches in an email, but here's the basic explanation of this that I came up with: You know how sometimes in ribbing the knit stitches will sort of expand open and spread out horizontally into the purls and look kind of sloppy, even though you don't feel like you knit it in a sloppy way? If you knit a stitch through the back loop, particularly in ribbing or skinny cables (like on the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/koolhaas" rel="nofollow">or koolhaas</a) - it will twist the knit stitch and really make it stand out from the purl background and look very sharply defined and "clean," like how the ribbed part of my mittens has "ridges" of knit stitches sticking up very sharply from the purls. I responded to Terrye’s question about twisted stitches in an email, but here’s the basic explanation of this that I came up with:

You know how sometimes in ribbing the knit stitches will sort of expand open and spread out horizontally into the purls and look kind of sloppy, even though you don’t feel like you knit it in a sloppy way? If you knit a stitch through the back loop, particularly in ribbing or skinny cables (like on the or koolhaas

]]> By: Carrie http://hungryknitter.com/index.php/archives/78/comment-page-1#comment-382 Carrie Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:35:30 +0000 http://hungryknitter.com/?p=78#comment-382 ooh, they look fabulous! mittens in Malabrigo sound so nice and soft. even though I would only need for like a minute here in Georgia. ooh, they look fabulous! mittens in Malabrigo sound so nice and soft. even though I would only need for like a minute here in Georgia.

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