Ok, so I’m completely geeky, but I got super excited when a friend gave me a hat that may or may not look similar to a character in a well known film…
Garment Data:
– Type: Baby hat, mittens, booties
– Date made: Unknown, plus January and February 2017
– Pattern: Made up
– Fabric/Materials: Acrylic yarn
– Trim: the same yarn
– Time to finish: a few days
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Figuring out how to knit a 3-fingered glove/mitten flat. Not in the round because it’s so small. That’s a size 3 knitting needle! And since it’s going to be folded in half, there are going to be 6 points… LOTS of ends to weave in. |
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Here’s the original hat plus the brim I added to keep the edge from rolling up. I got the closest green I could find… it’s less noticeable in real life. And the first completed mitten! I’m not worried about it fitting over fingers, since I’m planning to use this with a baby small enough to mostly still keep their hands balled up. |
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Here’s where it started to really get weird. I wanted the booties to also have 3 toes, ideally with the center toe bigger than the outside two. But, I had no pattern, and have rarely made booties. SO I’m making it up as I go! I started with the cuff, then bound off a few stitches to make the wrap-around part. Then I had to cast on, to get the length of the toe box, but then split again to make the toes… and then I realized this was just the sole. |
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So I had to invent the top of the bootie! And this is what it looks like. |
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Here’s the whole completed set, minus the ties on the booties, which are in the next pictures. Note that on the right mitten, I actually matched the stitches but somehow had a tighter gauge than the first mitten, so I had to add a little length to the cuff… |
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The bootie ties, which consist of a loop coming from the front… |
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And two ties coming around from the back. I’m pleased with how they came out! |
Most sincerely yours,
~ Sarah
Very geeky cute!!
Florence