Saltwater mittens : from the island of Newfoundland

Saltwater mittens From the island of Newfoundland

Christine LeGrow, 1953-

Book - 2018

"Woolen mittens have long been a Newfoundlander's best friend. In a quirky climate of freeze, thaw, blow, and drizzle, good mittens made all tasks easier-- to split birch, hammer a nail, gut a fish, draw water, hang clothes, shoot a seabird, or snare a rabbit. Social life, too, always required the finest mittens and gloves. This continues today. Christine LeGrow of Spindrift Handknits and Shirley A. Scott ("Shirl the Purl") have collected and studied mittens from across Newfoundland for the past 40 years. Recognizing the value of these artifacts, they have expertly and painstakingly recreated more than 20 heritage patterns for today's knitter. These mittens are as practical as they are beautiful-- double-knit with t...wo colours means twice the warmth and wind resistance. The patterns are rated by difficulty and varied in style, including trigger mitts, wristers, fice-finger mittens (a.k.a. gloves), thumbless mitts for wee ones, and, of course, classic mittens for all. The dozens of colour photographs will inspire you to make your own bold colour choices. The nuggets of history, and tales of mittens and their knitters, make "Saltwater Mittens" a book everyone can enjoy."--Page [4] of cover.

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Subjects
Knitting > Newfoundland and Labrador > Patterns.
Mittens > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Knitting > Newfoundland and Labrador > History.
Patterns (Instructional works)
Genres
Patterns (Instructional works)
Published
[St. Philip's, Newfoundland & Labrador] : Boulder Books [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Christine LeGrow, 1953- (author)
Other Authors
Shirley A. Scott, 1947- (author)
Item Description
"More than 20 heritage designs to knit"--Cover.
Physical Description
189 pages : illustrations (mostly colour) ; 20 x 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 187).
ISBN
9781775234586
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Roots and relatives
  • The Vintage Collection
  • Getting started
  • Choose your colours
  • Newfoundland mittens explained
  • Degrees of difficulty
  • Abbreviations, tips, and techniques for double-ball knitting
  • Saltwater mittens to knit. Baccalieu classic mittens, trigger mitts, or wristers for ladies
  • Mug-up long trigger mitts for ladies
  • Corner boy gloves for men
  • Little corner boy mittens for youngsters
  • Grenfell trigger mitts for men
  • Spring ice trigger mitts for ladies
  • Hangashore trigger mitts for men
  • Big diamonds: forever and solitaire
  • two classic mitten designs
  • Mummers classic mitts for ladies
  • Signal Hill classic mitts for ladies
  • St. Mary's Bay trigger mitts for youngsters
  • Fogo Island nine patch classic mittens for ladies
  • Wee ones thumbless mitts for babies
  • Nor'easter gloves or classic mittens for ladies
  • Blowin' a gale trigger mitts for men
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • About the authors
  • Saltwater mittens.
Review by Booklist Review

New words and new levels of difficulty might deter many inexperienced knitters, but the curious will be rewarded by this book from Newfoundlanders LeGrow and Scott. The authors lay out in exquisite detail exactly how to fashion their homeland's traditional mittens, be they triggers (thumbs and index fingers), gloves (all five fingers), the classic mitten (the fingerless kind, aka thumby ). They admit that these colorful, geometrically patterned double knits are a challenge, even if they are labeled easy does it, tangly, or over the wharf. However, the authors include all the instructions at the outset, with information on tradition, colors, getting started, and the steps for the 20-plus designs. Color photographs fully showcase not only the individual mitten, but also the possible panoply of hues. Diamonds not the choice? Then select the checkerboarded corner boy gloves, trigger mitts modeled on the tumbling blocks quilt pattern, or Signal Hill, a salute to Morse code with its dots and dashes.The authors' advise remembering to breathe, and not being afraid to pull out stitches.--Barbara Jacobs Copyright 2010 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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