{"id":1001,"date":"2010-12-12T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T23:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2010-12-12T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T23:49:40","slug":"mostly-chimera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Chimera"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you look at Julia’s original design, you’ll see that the pattern came in two versions; as fingerless mitts and full mittens. When I showed the pattern to my intended recipient, she loved the design except for the garter ridge around the upper part of the mitten and on the thumb. She also lives in Chicago and told me that she’s cold all winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From Knitting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Since I wanted these to be extra warm, and since I wanted to drop the third garter rib, I decided to continue both layers all the way to the finger tips. On Julia’s original mitten design<\/a>, only the inner layer continues, after acting as the bind-off for the outer layer of the mitten, which serves essentially as a design element. I figured that I might as well use the outer later as a functional (as well as fun!) component.<\/p>\n

My modifications were very straightforward. When I got to the the point in the pattern (on the inner layer) where she calls for you to stop knitting and put the live stitches on waste yarn in order to start working on the outer layer, I just kept merrily knitting along, following the instructions for the outer layer to begin decreases at the tip of the little finger.<\/p>\n

On the outer layer I just went a row or two further in order to give the inner mitten some room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From Knitting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Oh, and since I’ve been asked this by nearly every knitter who has tried these on… That yarn is Cascade 220. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you look at Julia’s original design, you’ll see that the pattern came in two versions; as fingerless mitts and full mittens. When I showed the pattern to my intended recipient, she loved the design except for the garter ridge around the upper part of the mitten and on the thumb. She also lives in … Continue reading “Mostly Chimera”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-fo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-g9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":951,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=951","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":0},"title":"First Scarf, First FO","author":"Jorah","date":"January 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Since this is going to be my knitting blog, I better start with a post about my first knitting project. I will recount my path to becoming an MK (male knitter) (or is it MWK [man who knits]?) in much greater detail in future posts, but it is fair to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"Garter Ridge Scarf","src":"https:\/\/jorahlavin.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/scarf-garter-ridge-1.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":988,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=988","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":1},"title":"Second hat for Alex","author":"Jorah","date":"July 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Ribbed Dulaan Hat Originally uploaded by jorahlavin This goofy picture is of yours truly wearing my second \"hat for Alex.\" This is made from the same basic pattern as the first one, with my edits.. K2\/P2 ribs instead of the garter stitch, and I made it on circular needles, size\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":956,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=956","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":2},"title":"My Giant Scarf Has a Hole in It","author":"Jorah","date":"January 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I took the \"giant garter stitch scarf\" off the needles last night, only to find that I dropped a stitch about 8 rows back. I am not looking forward to un-knitting it to there... I wonder if I can just rip it back...","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1024,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1024","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":3},"title":"“You must be very patient…”","author":"Jorah","date":"May 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For some reason, people who don't knit will often say something along these lines: \"Wow, you knit, huh? You must be very patient\" or \"I don't have the patience to do that.\" This may be code for\u00a0boy, that looks boring,\u00a0but let's take it as an honest statement. The fact is;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":958,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=958","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":4},"title":"Progress on the Bulky Hat","author":"Jorah","date":"January 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A quick check-in on the Bulky Hat project I started Friday night. I struggled with the \"knit and purl into the same stitch\" increase in this top-down hat, something I found on Ravelry, titled \"Bulky Knitted Hat by Kristin Omdahl.\" I think I had a lot of trouble with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":983,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=983","url_meta":{"origin":1001,"position":5},"title":"Done Some Monday Afghan","author":"Jorah","date":"June 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to a great event this month, the Charlotte version of the World Wide Knit in Public Day (a.k.a. WWKiP Day). The Charlotte Knitting Guild (who organized it) and a raft of local yarn shops and other sponsors (who donated supplies and raffle prizes) created an event that I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knitting"","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"My first afghan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3207\/2622212378_0465c1ec5f_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}