Knitting New Mittens & Gloves: Warm and Adorn Your Hands in 28 Innovative Ways

by Robin Melanson, Tyllie Barbosa (Photographer)

Growing up in Cape Breton, on Canada’s Atlantic coast, knitwear designer Robin Melanson learned early on the importance of gloves and mittens in a harsh winter climate. Now this self-described “mitten and glove aficionado” shares her enthusiasm for these ordinary items by presenting 28 extraordinary ways to make them for year-round style.

Featuring gloves, mittens, arm warmers, mitts, and fingerless gloves, this is the second book in a new STC Craft series that introduces innovative approaches to creating popular knitted items. Knitting New Mittens and Gloves combines traditional and untraditional techniques—as well as influences as far-flung as Gothic architecture, Estonian lace, and Wagnerian opera—in a winning collection of patterns for adults and children. From wool mittens filled with unspun fleece and arm warmers with leather laces, to cotton-mesh fingerless gloves and silk-beaded mitts to be worn as adornments, each design has an unexpected twist.

Because they are small, quick to make, and don’t require a lot of yarn, mittens and gloves are perfect projects for knitting throughout the year, and they also offer an ideal opportunity for beginning and more seasoned knitters to experiment with new techniques, yarns, and styles. With its fresh, original sensibility, Knitting New Mittens and Gloves will captivate knitters of every level.

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction, Crafts

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2008

Reviews

[Hannah Notess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've knitted a whole bunch of the patterns in this book, and they're great!

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good variety.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the only book I've found that has lots of glove patterns. It seems that the norm is to include tons of mitten patterns in most books.

Furthermore, this book is all knitting patterns. There are no stupid crochet patterns clogging things up and wasting space.

A terrific find that is well worth the purchase price.

[Anakbabiilang · Rating 2 out of 5]

At first glance, I really like to book.
But as I spend more time browsing it, I found most the mittens are impractical.
I donæt know whether this is because I am a more experience knitter now so I know what suits me and what not, or because of the book itself. Either way, I lost my love for the book.

[Jenna May · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a must-have book.

I have knitted gifts for others from it, and have been gifted things from it, as well. Wonderful, wonderful. The patterns are easy to follow, the glossaries are excellent, the pictures are pretty, and, Hell, it just inspires me to get knitting!

The Cavalier mittens are fun to knit, and people looooove them.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has changed my knitting life!

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just what the title says - it's a book of mitten and glove patterns. While I would like to knit about 80% of them - can I really use that many mittens and gloves?

[Tisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is beautiful. I looked through it so many times, even though I was skeptical, based on the front cover. I have quite a few of these patterns favorited on Ravelry.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful designs, but way too difficult for me at this point. Will have to come back to this later. :)