mitten graveyard

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Kate Davies Designs
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Welcome to the mitten graveyard – where bad mittens meet their end.

A place of misplaced thumbs . . .

. . . cuffs of varying dimensions . . .

. . . endless ends

. . . and the same pattern repeated usque ad nauseam

Sometimes things get very nasty, and scissors are involved.

There are currently five mittens in the graveyard – but this morning one finally made it through to the happy land where all good mittens run wild and free. Or summat.

I think I have reached the end of this particular figurative road. Time to move away from the mittens. . .

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25 responses to “mitten graveyard”

  1. KnittingPony Avatar
    KnittingPony

    I love this post – the graveyard mittens are so interesting and beautiful. What happens to them after the good mitten makes it to the other side?

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  2. SewIKnit2 Avatar
    SewIKnit2

    I’m a bit like that with socks!! good luck with rescuing the mittens with the weather turning are right is timely!
    Sue x

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  3. kiwiyarns Avatar
    kiwiyarns

    Your colourwork is gorgeous. Even when you’re in the process of making. Your posts about Rowan Fine Tweed tempted me to get some of my own…. ;-)

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  4. Lara Avatar
    Lara

    I like the sound where mittens run wild and free, maybe I should liberate a few to that hallowed place myself!

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  5. spidersworkshop Avatar
    spidersworkshop

    Beautiful photographs! But maybe they shouldn’t be shown to anyone thinking of taking up knitting, all those “dead” mittens might put them off! :)

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  6. molly Avatar
    molly

    at least rigor mortis hasn’t set in yet….

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  7. Lindy Avatar
    Lindy

    So much beautiful work Kate, such a pretty Fairisle design.

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  8. www.olanngra.wordpress.com Avatar
    www.olanngra.wordpress.com

    Even the mittens headed for the graveyard make me smile WIDE. They’re still so beautiful. I can just feel those cuffs right through the screen, the colored ribbing… I’m so excited for the pattern.

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  9. torirot Avatar
    torirot

    That yarn is so beautiful – I might have to try it out soon!

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  10. Jan Smith Avatar
    Jan Smith

    Ouch!

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  11. frayed at the edge Avatar
    frayed at the edge

    If only someone could invent ends that sewed themselves in …. not just in knitting but in quilting too ….. then I would be a very happy bunny!!

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  12. Christine Avatar
    Christine

    Thank you for allowing us all to admit to our graveyards! Mine are many and scattered. Buried in boxes and shoved onto shelves. What a freeing post! :)

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  13. Chesley Avatar
    Chesley

    We knew you liked to read crime novels, but that it would come to this!?!

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  14. Lizzi Avatar
    Lizzi

    Woman, you have he patience of Jobe………….:-)

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  15. Rose Avatar
    Rose

    Even your “bad” mittens are lovely! It must be in the air though, because I spent this morning evaluating my basket of wips, and did some unraveling of my own. I feel lighter now and ready to pick a new project (or two, or three, or . . . . )

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  16. Keri Avatar
    Keri

    Hahahaha!!!! I laugh only because I understand completely. Mine for socks.

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  17. Toffeeapple Avatar
    Toffeeapple

    You say that one finally made it and now you are moving away from mittens. Shall you not make the pair?

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  18. Maryjo Avatar
    Maryjo

    Oh but I hope this means you are working on a final mitten pattern — how divine to think about having a set with the hat!! But lovely photo shots of hard work!

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  19. majorknitter Avatar
    majorknitter

    Wow – even your graveyard looks beautiful. I’m glad one made it safely to the other side. Good luck!

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  20. sara Avatar
    sara

    This so made me laugh. What a good way to start the day. I am reminded of my UFS (unfinished socks).

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  21. Magi Avatar
    Magi

    Oh no – such a lot of forlorn mittens!! However, I sense you have achieved something..”good mitten” ..so I am hoping you have suceeded and a pattern is being readied. Those mittens would really make a great Xmas present.

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  22. Robin Allen Avatar
    Robin Allen

    Here I thought your designs popped forth fully formed, like Aphrodite. (Really.)

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  23. deb Avatar
    deb

    I used to crochet mittens for my kids when they were little and my industry gave them the idea that the mittens were disposable, like tissues from a box. When the snow melted in the spring you could find them on lawns all over the neighborhood.

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  24. Anne Avatar
    Anne

    Some things aren’t meant to be……..start something new today.

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  25. Thrifty Household Avatar
    Thrifty Household

    It’s a very beautiful graveyard! (Secretly thrilled by your post as I have a sewing graveyard but up till now I’ve kept quiet about it…)

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