{"id":9697,"date":"2007-02-09T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=9697"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:42:44","slug":"thumbs-up-for-knitted-mitts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=9697","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs up for knitted mitts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As promised a post on personalized knitting – the first of many, I hope! In fact I got the idea for the post from my very good friend Brenda, whom I have known for over 25 years and have known as a knitter for 15 years – I know this sounds strange but for the first 10 years of having Brenda around for dinner or meeting her at parties, I had never known that we shared the same passion. Knitting must still be a “closet thing” unless you are with kindred souls.<\/p>\n

The truth came out one night after dinner at her house when I noticed a Barbara Walker book on her book shelf – “Do you knit!!!” I asked – “Yes, have for years,” was her answer – Eureka! a friend re-born!<\/p>\n

\nWell Brenda came over one winter’s night for dinner and brought her Paradoxical Mittens, knit from Lucy Neatby’s pattern. She had, however, made these “Brenda’s mitts”, by knitting a small portion of the design on the right thumb in the contrasting cast on colour – so that you could always tell your right mitt from your left.<\/p>\n

The pattern itself is fabulous – inspired by the basket weaving designs of West African artists – Lucy Neatby has travelled the world and incorporated many ideas from her travels into her knitting patterns. However, Brenda’s idea for the thumb is ingenius!<\/p>\n

Above are Brenda’s mitts below are some other patterns from Lucy inspired by West African motifs. Left is Raffia Vest and right is a wallhanging simply entitled Ashanti. Enjoy Carol<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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