Comments on: Snowdrift Mittens: Done!

By: Needle Exchange » Search Engine Sunday: Casting On and Binding Off

Needle Exchange » Search Engine Sunday: Casting On and Binding Off — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:16:09 +0000

[...] There have been quite a few people getting to my site via questions about casting on and off, so that’s what I’ll be featuring this week. It’s incredible how much more professional a piece looks when it uses an appropriate cast-on; when I was knitting the Snowdrift Mittens for my aunt a few months ago, I was amazed by how a tubular cast-on transformed them. Compared to them, the other mittens I knitted looked painfully amateur; it was like my snowdrift mittens had been taken to a higher plane of mitten existence. [...]

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 02 May 2006 13:53:17 +0000

Thanks! I’m excited to give them to my aunt. As soon as I figure out how long her hands really are, I’m going to rip back and reknit the tips and line them and everything. It’s going to be great.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:46:40 +0000

I have a bit of a mitten/glove obsession and those are great! Very pretty.

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:50:45 +0000

Thanks

By: batman

batman — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:28:54 +0000

wow eve, those look great. good for you.