Last weekend I had the opportunity to test-teach a new class on Selbu-style mittens. The class project is a mini mitten with a ribbed cuff.
Super cute, eh? I crafted it to include all the salient aspects of traditional Selbuvotter – including bold patterning on the back of the hand, smaller-scale patterning on the palm, and a gusseted thumb – but also to be small enough to be a meaningful exercise in a three-hour class. Because, really, what’s the point of taking a class on Selbuvotter if you don’t get the chance to shape the thumb gusset, create the thumb opening, and pick up stitches for the thumb?
I also knit (most of) a sample with a lace cuff.
This mitten is likely to remain unfinished, so I’ll always have a WIP on hand, to show what the thumb opening looks like.
The inaugural, trial run of the class was very successful, in that I got valuable feedback from the students – starting with the very first minute of class, when several students pointed out that I’d misspelled the name of the class at the top of the handouts!
Whoops.
With corrections in place, I look forward to teaching this class again on the Northern Isles Knitting Cruise next July. Will I see you there?
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