Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It's one thing to read about this methodology in a book like Selbu Mittens by Ann Bardsgard, but it's another thing to watch it as it's done. I've spent the last year perfecting my colourwork knitting, holding the yarns as you do, with one colour in each hand. So, coming across your video as I was doing my research, felt to me like the cherry on top of a wonderful sundae. Cheers!

Thank you for this video. You’ve saved me hours of puzzling and worrying that I was going to mess up all of my hard work!

So glad I found this video to figure out how to knit on waste yarn.....thank you!!

THANK GOODNESS FOR YOUR PERFECTLY AWESOME DEMO! I've been stumped as to how to proceed with my mittens!

This was great. Will be using this type of thumb😊

Thank you for this! I had knitted the body of a pair of mittens and had a heck of a time figuring out how to pick up the stitches for the thumb, in what direction using my circular needles. ❤

Thank you! I’m almost to the thumb of my first Norwegian mitten. You are a good teacher ❤️!

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this wonderful video.

I'm so glad I found this tutorial. It was so helpful!!!!

Thank you so much for the very informative tutorial. This will help me when I get to the thumb.

I am so glad I find your podcast just a couple of days ago and thank you so much for this tutorial! Love your podcast! I am working on the last two mittens from Eli's Selbu mitten club and I find this technique is much easier for the thumb section.

brilliant , this has explained this so well thank you

I can't thank you enough for this video. Mittens are in my near future for the first time and I am bookmarking this tutorial. AND the demo of catching floats was invaluable! I haven't done color work yet...I began knitting last sept or october and I love everything magical about it!

Thank you so much for this video!!! I was following a pattern that used this method and I could NOT understand what it was asking me to do. It literally kept me up at night wondering what it meant. This video saved my project.

@genX49

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Thank you so much! This is so helpful! I was gifted the pattern and have my wool ready. When I actually get to the thumb I will use this to follow since I have never made mittens before. I'm also a new sock knitter so I have to learn all of these skills. Have a wonderful day! Sharon / Elvensknits :)

Excellent video!!! 🎉🎉🎉

I thank you so much for this video! There are so many aspects that intimidated me to knitting colorwork mitts and you just made me as calm as a cucumber. Not scared at all now. Thank you -thank you -thank you!!!

@treehousefiberarts2694

5 жыл бұрын

Yay Shellie! You made my day. So happy you feel more confident!

Thankyou very much ! I am so happy I found this !!! The old fashioned way is almost impossible to get nice with stranded work :-)

@treehousefiberarts2694

5 жыл бұрын

It is! When I came across this method, I was happy, too!

Thanks so much for a great tutorial!

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! I have knit three pair of colorwork mittens this winter and have previously used waste yarn to hold the stitches. This method guarantees that the colorwork stays in pattern so much better! I will try it on my next pair. Thanks again! Debi/debihassler

Thank you for the tutorial.

Thank you so much! Very helpful

Thank you! That was very helpful.

VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU!

Thank you. Very helpful.

So helpful!!! Thank you!!

Thank You so much for this video! It was very encouraging for me as I have not tried stranded knitting and you made it less intimating.

@treehousefiberarts2694

6 жыл бұрын

No need to be intimidated- it’s one of those things where doing it over and over makes it easier and easier. Start on a small project with chunkier yarn (I have a beginner hat pattern on Ravelry that I designed for teaching fair isle) and be kind to yourself while you’re learning. 😀

@arleneehrlinspiel5232

6 жыл бұрын

Treehouse Knits Podcast Thank You for your quick replay! I will look on Ravelry for you pattern, beginner is perfect! Have a GREAT Day!

Thank you so very much.

One tip is to leave your waste yarn out front on the right side... it makes finding it easy when you are picking it out

Great tutorial including the wraps. I never figured out how to catch the 2nd wrap.

@treehousefiberarts2694

6 жыл бұрын

That was my bad. 😬 I didn’t realize yet that the number of held stitches does match the number of stitches to pick up for the thumb in this particular pattern. So I had to improvise and do a knit2tog to get rid of that extra stitch on the next round. This technique works best with matching number of held and “pick up” thumb stitches.

Thanks for this great video! I'd also interested in the actual knitting of the thumb, especially the first rows, because I always have holes at the sides...

@treehousefiberarts2694

6 жыл бұрын

If you pick up an additional stitch or two on each side of the thumb on the first round, and then k2tog them on the next round (to get back to the original stitch count on your pattern), the holes disappear. Also, if you still have holes when your thumb is finished, I use the “tail” to stitch them closed. I do kind of an improvised mattress stitch (rather than just whip stitching - that seems to make more holes). Maybe I’ll make a video when I get to that point.

@knitsnpurlsextra6835

6 жыл бұрын

Treehouse Knits Podcast Thank you I'll try that next time!

@elainebos

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your informative video. I would be interested in seeing the actual knitting of the thumb, also as you are doing the color work. I understand how to pick up the stitches from the waste yarn, but the upper portion of the thumb where the stitches have been picked up look strange... some of the pattern color work stitches appear like YO’s rather than a full stitch. The lower portion of the thumb stitches look normal, including the colorwork stitches. Hope this makes sense to you.

In using this method with waste yarn, I use a DPN for waste yarn. Then knit per instructions. Quicker for me.

Absolutely love your mitts. Want to make them this year for the first time. What kind of yarn is good to work them?

Thank you for doing the tutorial. I am knitting Skeindeer’s Selbu mittens from her mitten club.(If you haven’t found her podcast, you should check it. She is a Norwegian living in London) Selbu mitten was my first colorwork project and her pattern calls for the other method of holding the stitches on waste yarn and picking up the inside of the thumb in pattern which works, but it is not always easy to do. This looks like it might be easier and tidier. I will have to try it. I was wondering does this method eliminates or mitigate the ever problematic holes where the thumb meets the hand?

@treehousefiberarts2694

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it will eliminate holes if you pick up a a stitch or two extra on either end and then dcrease those stitches “out” on the next round! Similar to an afterthought heel!

I dont see the pattern link to your mittens in this video, would love to make these, please include the link .

First , this was an awesome tutorial . Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Second , can I ask a silly question about construction of a mitten in this style? When you do the thumb gusset in this style your stitch count actually changes from the beginning of the mitten , right?

@treehousefiberarts2694

5 жыл бұрын

Not a silly question at all! Yes, it does change the stitch count because you are adding stitches on both sides of the gusset. Happy to hear the tutorial helped!

@jamesblanton5600

4 жыл бұрын

Are there holes at the side edge?

Would you please explain the gusset and thumb for a chart where the gusset is in the center divideing the front and back of the mitten.?

@treehousefiberarts2694

6 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea for a video - I will work at some point on getting that up on KZread...in the meantime, i know that Patricia from Knitography has talked about how to do it on one of her vlogs...

@franmann3800

6 жыл бұрын

I have only seen the podcast about the ways to put the stitches on waste yarn. I have not seen the center gusset explained. Thank you for considering a video.

A question if you please..... every time I pick out the waste yarn from the back side of the thumb, the stitches remaining are crossed like X's. I don't know how to slip off these stitches so that they will sit properly on my needle? Help please. :-)

@treehousefiberarts2694

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mel. Those stitches on the back sound like they are oriented wrong. To get them “right,” knit them through the back look instead of the front. Or remount each on before you knit it. This video might help kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5Z6r62fd8Kep5s.html

I could never knit a mitten (glove would be WORSE) you guys are lucky

Can you use a stitch hol

@SusanneKMller

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but that gives the old problem that you have to cast on to make up for the stitches on the holder. This is very hard to make look nice, and only experts can make the pattern go on without it being visible. ( Sorry, I hope you understand. English is not my 1st language )