- Check out these Bumblebee Fingerless Mitts.
Aren't they adorable?
They go right alongside these fingerless mitts.
These are my Chic Fingerless Mitts
with this little zig-zaggy pattern.
So now you can get them in a Youth size
and also, Small to Large.
So stick around in this video
and I'm going to show you how to make them.
welcome to GoodKnit Kisses.
We're all about helping you stitch your love
and love your stitches.
So for this pattern, we are going to cover the instructions
at the same time for both the knitting loom
and for the knitting needles.
Now, don't let these DPNs or double pointed needles
make you a little bit scared, okay.
I'm also going to cover instructions for
if you want to use circular needles
to make it easier on you.
So have no fear.
We're going to go over several sizes.
Look at all these sizes.
So I'm going to show you how to make those changes.
I'm going to show you how to measure.
I'm also going to show you the technique
on the circular needles.
So be sure and get your pattern ready
because we will go over the instructions.
I'll keep this video as brief as possible.
You're gonna get a little bit more information in this video
as far as some across the gamut
of measuring and things, and also the difference
in the Youth size.
I'll catch you in a moment and get
your patterns first and we'll move on.
See you soon.
To make these fingerless mitts, you're going to want
to pick either needles or the knitting loom.
And click on the link in the description
to get the pattern, of course.
And the main thing is you want to make sure
you get the right sizing.
So I'm going to go over the sizes real quick.
The Youth size is actually just
a hair shorter than the Small.
So if you put these side-by-side,
you can see that this one's just a little bit shorter.
What that does is, let me demonstrate
on my own hand, this is a Large one.
When I put this on, it goes to the end of my knuckles here.
Now, if I was to put this on say a child of six or seven,
maybe even five in the small size,
it would be to here on them.
It would actually be quite long.
And this little Thumb section here would be too long.
So the only difference is we've made this little section
right here at the Mitt Top smaller.
So the written directions
for the Bumblebee Youth Fingerless Mitts will reflect that.
The Small will be reflected in the Chic Fingerless Mitts.
So you either use the Needle or the Loom directions.
All right, so I'm just going to kind of go over the pattern
and the differences are very little.
So if you want to get the video to be able
to make your mitts on either needle or loom,
I've got those video links down below.
And so you can click on those
and there's also a link if you do download the pdf.
But you can find this also on the website.
The materials are the same, it's a medium #4 weight yarn.
The needles are US size 7 double pointed needles.
I'll show you how to use the circular
and then, the loom is the other option for loom knit.
So on the needles. you're going to need a US size 7 needle,
a 4.5mm double pointed needles
or you can use circular needles.
And then the length of the cord doesn't matter.
You need at least 16 inches,
but you can use a longer cord if necessary.
If you use the double pointed needles,
you're going to need four of them.
If you're using the loom,
you're going to need a small gauge loom
where the center peg to center peg spacing is 3/8.
If you use a different size on the needles,
then know that you need a multiple of four, four
in the round, in order to change the sizes
up or down and get your stitch pattern right.
For the ribbing and for the main stitch pattern,
you need a multiple of two.
So if you change it to a one by one ribbing
instead of a two by two,
so this is a knit 2, purl 2 type ribbing.
If you want to go to a knit 1, purl 1 all the way around,
then you just need a multiple of 2
for your loom or for your needles.
Okay, and then of course, we've got abbreviations.
The gauge is actually the same on both of these.
It's four stitches per inch
in all the patterns.
Now the only difference is the loom.
One is just a hair tighter.
It's technically measured four stitches per inch this way,
but the loom makes it work a little bit more snug.
And it's still the same size though.
On the next page, you can see what skill level it is.
It's easy, on this one of course, it's the Youth.
And then we have our measurements.
Now, this first number here
is the circumference around the hand.
And then the second one is that length that we talked about.
So it's about a half-inch longer
on the Small versus the Youth size.
And so let's go ahead, and without working the pattern
right now, let's go ahead and measure your hand
or the person's hand that you need to know what size it is.
okay, so you want to take out your tape measure
and just take that measurement
and take the tape measure and go around your hand.
And I'm just gonna circle around
the widest part of my hands.
So the widest part is right here where this thumb is
and I just kind of tuck it in
because I'll be slipping my hand in there, right?
So let's put this tail around here,
circle it around.
Okay.
And then, I can see where that zero lines up
and it's about 9 1/2 inches, if you can see that.
It's about 9.5 inches; 9.75
is actually the measured size for the Large,
and I'll show you that where it is on the pattern.
So the Youth size is 7.75
which is the Small size.
So this is the Chic Fingerless Mitts pattern
and then this one is the Bumblebee Youth one.
The Small is 7.75 and then, there's the 6.75 length
versus the Youth which is 6.25.
so the difference on the Small, Medium, Large is 1 (inch).
So it's 8.75 for Medium and 9.75 for Large.
So on mine, I need the 9.75
and they're seriously like just an inch difference
on the circumference around.
And that's it, you'll be making two mitts.
And the instructions, I've actually gone over
in the video completely, how to make it on the-
We actually did the small size and you've got the Cuff,
you've got the Cast on, you've got the Cuff,
the main Zigzag pattern.
Okay, So, here's the Cuff, here's the Palm
which is the main Zigzag pattern.
And then we work the Thumb,
and then we work the Mitt Top,
and then we work the Cuff.
So Palm, Thumb, Mitt Top, Cuff
and then you Bind off.
So this part right here, mitt top,
this is the place where it changes.
So on the Chic Fingerless Mitts,
you've got all the directions in that video.
So you can see that video.
If you go over to the Bumblebee Youth fingerless Mitts,
if you go to the mitt top here, you actually just work
the rounds one through four,
and then you only repeat rounds one through two.
So just rounds one through four,
and then do round one and two,
and then you move on to the cuff.
That's it, okay?
The difference here is you work round.
On the other one, you're working rounds one through four,
and then you work it one more time.
So you're working eight rounds,
and then you work rounds one through two.
That's really the main difference in the pattern.
So you've got the different cast ons
for Small, Medium, and Large
and the Small and the Youth size
are the identical cast on number, they're the same.
It's just this part here.
Let's go ahead and go over how to work
a circular needle instead of double pointed needles.
So, besides of course, the double pointed needles,
you have got a magic loop or magic circle technique.
There's actually two different ways to use circular needles.
So I'm going to show you this one first
and then, there's another method which actually
is even easier using a second set of circular needles.
So this one's really nice because as you can see,
I can hold my stitches on here and then,
when I'm ready to not use them,
I can just slide it to the back and throw this in my bag
and continue on going with travel or whatnot.
So that's really easy.
So let's say you've got your knitting going on here,
I'm just going to show you how this continues
to work its way around.
Because clearly, I can't work with it like this.
It'll just stretch it out and there's just not really
a good way to do that.
But what I can do is slide my needle back
to where a good portion of my already
previously done stitches stay on this cable
and then I kind of bend my cable
and pull up the extra slack there,
kind of through the stitches.
And now, I pull a few of these stitches that
I just did up on the end of my needle.
This will be my needle that I'm working towards.
I'm putting all the stitches on this needle.
And then the one on this left side here,
I just will insert my needle
and start working the stitches
and whatever stitch pattern I am on.
Gosh, I don't even know what I'm doing on the sample.
So I would continue working like this.
And then, when I get around to where
I've completed those stitches,
I would end up, kind of cinching this part area together
and then, making another little hole somewhere.
So, I would just kind of do this
and pull this more stitches through.
And it's a little more fiddly, but it gets you to where
you don't have to worry about dropping the stitches
and you don't have to worry about
dropping any needles with the DPNs.
Once you get good at the DPNs, there's no worries there.
But a way that's actually, to me,
I think is a little easier than trying to fiddle with
feeding a cable through like that,
here is another method.
So I'm going to go ahead and offload one of these needles
onto a second circular here.
so I'm just going to go ahead and feed these on through.
You'll see what I mean, just a second.
Now you would want to use two needles
of the same type wood or metal or whatever you're using.
I wouldn't use two different brands and stuff
because they can actually change your gauge
and it might not look as smooth and clean.
Okay, so part of the stitches will be using
one set of circulars and part of the stitches
will be using another set.
So I can actually work this set of stitches
with these needles here and work this entire row across
and then just slide it back to that next point
and turn my work around and continue going.
So let's see.
I'm on this side here.
This is my next stitch I've got to work.
And I grab my needles.
I'm gonna insert in and I start working my stitch.
I'm gonna go across.
And when I'm done,
of course, this is not the stitch pattern here
but you get the idea of whatever my stitch pattern is.
Go across.
Okay, couple more stitches left.
Okay, so now, I've worked completely all of those stitches
and now I can slide that back and I've done that side.
And then, I would turn it over
because now, my working yarn is over here.
And then, I would start working with this set of needles.
Pull that on through, load them on,
and start working these with the same--
The same needle is on this side
so this part's attached here.
I look a little fiddly on camera
but when you pull these strands through,
you can see how all my stitches are being held.
Nothing is going to be falling off
and it's a pretty secure method,
and you don't have to worry about pulling
the stitches too tight.
So there you have it.
Two different ways to use circular needles
for knitting in the round on something small.
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