Robert Herrick wrote this Child's Grace some 400 years ago
Here a little child I stand
heaving up my either hand,
cold as paddocks though they be,
yet I lift them to to Thee
For a benison to fall,
On our meat and on us all.
A paddock was a frog or toad in dialect, in case you didn't know. That had to be explained to us as school as well.
Yay! Developed mittens that fit either hand. On the sock machine, long writs then pretty much like the heel-less socks with a 5x1 rib. The handknitting decreases faster, afterthought thumb cut in, handknit 20s sts, 25 roounds.
Then also played about with the 12 st repeat Little Lithuanian pattern. Started with a turned-under cuff, 60 sts for a mitten on the Knitmaster. Tried to sew the seam as invisibly as poss. Again, afterhought thumb over 20 sts (machine knit this time, and seamed). Top handknit.
Then, having bought the book Saltwater Mittens (Newfoundland), spotted another 12 st repeat pattern called Nor'easter. Very clever, repeat is only 6 rows but the overall appearance is of waves moving diagonally, and the light and dark ares re exactly the same. Devilish tricky to do the punchcard though. This will probably look better as gloves, plan first pair to be pink and white as in the book.
Yay! Developed mittens that fit either hand. On the sock machine, long writs then pretty much like the heel-less socks with a 5x1 rib. The handknitting decreases faster, afterthought thumb cut in, handknit 20s sts, 25 roounds.
Then also played about with the 12 st repeat Little Lithuanian pattern. Started with a turned-under cuff, 60 sts for a mitten on the Knitmaster. Tried to sew the seam as invisibly as poss. Again, afterhought thumb over 20 sts (machine knit this time, and seamed). Top handknit.
Then, having bought the book Saltwater Mittens (Newfoundland), spotted another 12 st repeat pattern called Nor'easter. Very clever, repeat is only 6 rows but the overall appearance is of waves moving diagonally, and the light and dark ares re exactly the same. Devilish tricky to do the punchcard though. This will probably look better as gloves, plan first pair to be pink and white as in the book.
