[Nfb-krafters-korner] needle knit mittens questions

Sat Apr 5 23:49:44 UTC 2014

Hi, 

I am staying at my son's house for the weekend and will be back home on  
Monday.

First before you get too far ahead Cathy, do not turn the mitten inside out 
 to pick up these thumb stitches.  Right side facing you start with 1  
needle  and depending on how tight or loose you have bound off or cast on  in 
the area of the thumb going across the bottom edge of the thumb and edge  
thatt is up against the part of the mitten that goes upward to your fingers, I  
actually pick up the stitches that are in the direction of top to bottom or 
in  other words the last row before bind off and the first row of knitting 
after the  cast on.  *** note here if you have bound off too tightly or too 
loosely  you need to do a little adjusting at this time, but do it evenly.  I 
do  knot use a slip knot when adding this yarn.  I do leave a tail maybe at 
 least 6 or more inches, heck leave it 12 inches.  There is a  reason.  So 
I pull up my first stitch loop and go half way to the other  side.  I evenly 
pick up stitches and in the corner of front and back I make  sure I pick 1 
up as close to the middle on both sides of the korner.  Now  if you picked 
up 6 stitches one way you need to pick up the same number going  the other 
way.  For adult size I use like 8 on both sides total 16 give or  take 2.  
Just plain knitt 
When you come around and start knitting the first round I take that long  
end along with the working yarn end hold them together and do the first 2 or 
3  stitches by knitting with those 2 strands.  That keeps it snug and then 
let  go of your long end to be used around several rows and stitck your thumb 
into it  and see if it fits   You will continue knitting the thumb with 
only  the working yarn.

OK.  If it is too tight first try stretching it with your thumb.[this  is 
the thumb hole].  If it is too loose then you need to take it out  and do 
less number of stitches going around.

Don't worry at all if you need to rip this out.  All your stitches on  the 
mitten are intact and attached.  The only thing you are pulling out is  the 
thumb stitches.

Do not worry if as you knit upward if you feel any small holes or  gaps.  
We will take care of that with the long end.  There might be  some uneveness 
in the area that you picked up the stitches.

Work like 2 or 3 rows beyond the top of your thumb,  Do not bind  off.  
Take a needle with the yarn and go thru the top of your thumb around  it twice 
working it thru the loops.  Put needle into the hole at the top of  the 
thumb.  I dangle it down, turn it inside out and pull easy, but  tight.  I take 
a couple of X stitches on the inside of the thum pulling it  throu the yarn 
and tie a knot sesecurely at the top of the thumb.  This  adds a little more 
warmth up there, too.  So you don't want to make it too  much longer then 
the thumb.

In a message dated 4/5/2014 4:32:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

Hello  needle knitters,

I am excited to report that I have completed a  perfect sized mitten on my 
two circular needles.
However, this is the first  mitten I have ever made in this manner. though 
the body is complete, I
am  confused about how to add the thumb. I have ideas, but want to get it  
right.

I have the mitten turned inside out and understand that I must  slip my 
previously cast-off stitches
on each side of the thumbhole back on  to the needles, and then add another 
stitch to each side,
using both  circular needles. However, what is the best way to slip back on 
these  stitches? One side
in particular is bound off pretty tight? I am having  some difficulty 
identifying individual
stitches where they are bound   off. I have tried to slip on some stitches 
and the bind-off seems to
be  getting in the way of future knitting? Also, I must obviously begin 
with a new  strand of yarn,
so should I use the slipknot as the first additional stich  on one side and 
add a stitch to the
other needle, or is it better to add  the bound off stitches first and then 
add the additional
stitch on each  side? 

Thanks for any help.

Cathy  F

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