Color & Knit Mittens
12 mitten designs to color and knit
Ever wonder what the combination of the joys of a coloring book and knitting would be like? Color & Knit Mittens combines these two to give knitters creative freedom with their stranded colorwork knitting with a ready to knit chart they can color. No more having to decipher and leave notes as to what the colours of a greyscale colorwork chart mean with your colorful yarn palette. Simply color the mitten design of your choice with the colors of your yarn and get knitting!
This is Aleks’ preferred method for planning colorwork patterns, where you can test out combinations before knitting a single stitch! It’s a relaxing way of playing and planning color combos with no pressure. Don’t like your color combo? Simply color the extra copy of the mitten chart to try again- no frogging back hours of knitting needed.
Color & Knit Mittens includes 12 mitten designs with 2 coloring pages of each design. The 12 mittens are inspired by traditional Estonian mittens and woven belt patterns reinterpreted to be knit at a more comfortable gauge using 4ply fingering weight yarn. Aleks created these mittens based on inspiration from her vast traditional Estonian knitting books and collection of traditional Estonian mittens. Make your mittens uniquely you choosing as many or as few colours as you would like and make these mittens your own bespoke masterpiece.
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60 pages
12 mitten knitting patterns
Both charts and written instructions provided
2 chart copies for each pattern for colouring
Softcover
Language: English
Weight: Approx. 188 g / 0.4 lbs
216 x 279 x 5 mm
ISBN: 978-0-692-93735-8
Printed in USA
Print only, no digital download code available
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There are two options for Color & Knit Mitten books.
If you are based in the USA, select "USA Color and Knit Mittens" for copies shipping from east coast of the USA. If you add any additional items to your order they will ship together if they are all from the USA pop up shop (items marked with flag and USA in the name).
For knitters in the UK, Europe and around the world, select option "Color and Knit Mittens". These books will ship from the UK.
How it works
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Pick your mitten pattern
Choose from 12 beautiful patterns to color and knit . The 12 mittens are inspired by traditional Estonian mittens and woven belt patterns reinterpreted to be knit at a more comfortable gauge using 4ply fingering weight yarn. There is mix of geometric, stripes and floral patterns.
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Colour in your pattern
Grab your coloured pencils and get ready for some relaxing colouring. Let your creativity run wild as you play and test out colour combos before knitting a single stitch! Colour the chart in to match the yarn you plan to use to get idea of what you finished mitten will look like. If you don’t like you first combination, just start again - it’s only paper.
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Time to knit
Grab your yarn and needles to start knitting from your coloured chart. Just follow along your beautifully coloured chart. Pick your favorite needles for knitting small circumference in the round for easy knitting. If you want to make your mittens into fingerless mitts, just stop knitting before the top of the mitten chart.
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Show off your mittens
Once you’ve finished knitting your mittens, it’s time to show them off. Make sure to give them a nice block and be ready to impress in autumn winter. Or maybe give them away as a gift to knit worthy family and friends.