Out Today- Treecreeper Mitts in Knit Now Magazine
Much excitement chez Jones today as the latest issue of Knit Now Magazine hits the shelves! This is of course exciting in itself, but this month I’m delighted to see my Treecreeper Mitts included in this issue (issue 135 - Nov). And if that wasn’t enough, It’s also lovely to see the mitts are included on the front cover.
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This issue also offers 2 great gifts - free 8mm knitting needles and pattern supplement of cosy chunky knits - I’m loving the hem detail on the red sweater, and on a personal note I really appreciate Knit Now’s more inclusive policy of having such a great range of sizes for all it’s published patterns. I know how deeply frustrating it can be to find a lovely design that doesn’t accommodate you if you are on either side of standard!
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Knit Now Issue 135 is on sale in shops across the UK from Thursday 4th November. To find your nearest stockist, visit www.seymour.co.uk - or order online from www.craftstash.co.uk. You can also purchase a digital edition of the magazine via the PocketMags app.
About the yarn…
As I’m sure you can imagine, there’s a whole lot of behind-the-scenes work involved in producing a quality publication like Knit Now. This begins months before each issue is printed, so it’s wonderful to see my Treecreepers released into the wild after this time.
Photo ©Knit Now Magazine
I was delighted to have yarn support provided by Rowan for these. It’ll be no surprise to those who know me that I chose Rowan Felted Tweed as it’s truly one of my favourite yarns and I knit with it often. Whilst I love to knit with Felted Tweed, these beauties were actually knitted by accomplished knitter Non Jones. I prefer to have a knitter to knit up my design samples as it provides another pair of eyes on the pattern before we send it for professional tech editing. This adds another layer to ensuring the pattern is as good as we can make it for you the knitter.
Felted Tweed is a great choice for stranded knitting as it’s a fine DK so great this type of design (finer yarn = more detail possible), and has a ‘woolly’ quality which is more forgiving of any slight irregularity with your stitches. It also comes in a wide range of shades which is important for your colourwork projects, and allows plenty of choice for you to personalise the colour scheme to suit your own preferences. For best result, be sure to pick 2 colours for your Treecreepers that contrast well in terms of lighter and darker tones and/or colours that differ - you’ll want to show off that stranded knitting after all!
Photo ©Knit Now Magazine
About theTreecreeper Mitts
These mitts are perfect for keeping your hands warm when birdwatching. The stranded motifs are inspired by a small tree dwelling bird, the treecreeper, which has characteristically large feet with sharp claws to enable them to grip onto the side of tree trunks.
Worked in the round from the bottom up these stranded colourwork wrist warmers can be made with or without an optional thumbhole to the palm side which transforms these cuffs into fingerless mitts. You can use double pointed needles, or alternative methods for working small circumferences include Magic Loop technique, where you can use 1 long circular needle - for more about his see this tutorial.
You can of course use your favourite method to cast on, but for this project I’d recommend a cast on with some elasticity such as the GermanTwists/Old Norwegian cast on - to learn more about this and other cast ons read this post.
I hope you’re tempted to knit yourself a pair of Treecreepers - If you’d like the heads-up when my next creation is released into the wild, then sign up to my mailing list below.