Cool, thank you for the run-down on what you did. I was thinking something
along the same lines. Or if I did make flat ones and joined the seam, I
could always crochet the cuff and around the thumb area too. ;o)

Gemini

"Leah" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:02:07 -0500, "MRH"
mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote:

So are they knit or crocheted? And did you make them up as you went
along,
or did you find a pattern for them online (she asked hopefully)? ;o)

They are crocheted, and I made them up as I went along since I
couldn't find a pattern I liked online or in my extensive box of
pattern books and magazines. I jotted rough notes on what I did so I
could fit the second mitten, but I don't know if they'd fit anyone
else. Maybe I should make a pair for a friend and see if she likes
them?

I have seen some recently (but have looked as so many pages, that I can't
remember which URL it is) that were SO easy to do... basically one flat
piece that was sewn where needed to join, leaving the openings for fingers
and thumb. Others are more complicated (to me) because they are done
with
double-pointed or circulars, which I can't use at all.

I considered knitting them, but I wanted these extra thick and warm,
since I wasn't using wool, so I crocheted them rather than knitted.
I've done them knitted in the past, and I also like the flat method,
but I found I prefer not to have a seam in the ribbing, so I've also
knitted them flat body, sewed the side seam, and then picked up and
knit the ribbing in the round afterwards since I also picked up and
knit the thumb in the round since I don't like just a hole for the
thumb. They wear out faster on me if I don't do at least 3-4 rounds
of thumb, but I don't totally enclose the thumb like a fully closed
mitten and lose flexibility.

Leah