Carol,
Re: knitting (also costume!), I'd call mitts with extended fingers
"fingerless gloves" instead of mitts-- but you could call them
anything you like, especially if they're not intended for historical
use. If they're historical, then I think they'd still be mitts. Sort
of, best guess, YMMV, etc :)
== Marjorie Wilser
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On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Carol Kocian wrote:
Not much in the way of historic costume, but I did have a recent
project of making hemmed squares of novelty prints around Halloween
and after. :-) The frightening thing is, I discovered that wearing
one as a kerchief adds a few degrees of extra warmth, so yes, that's
me wearing a skull print when I go out to get the mail. And around
the house.
I've been looking at and enjoying the designs people have done on
Spoonflower. Some are quite wonderful, but the fact is if I can get
a particular motif at the quilt store for $9 or less per yard, I'm
not going to pay $18. But it's definitely worth looking at to see
some really fun designs.
My most recent "take me home" inspiration — I was at my local yarn
store a few days ago for their first anniversary in business. I spun
up some Jacob fleece (part of the 18thC stocking research project)
and socialized. I spotted a beautiful yarn: Three Irish Girls'
"Curaçao," a soft variegation of medium and light aqua. It wants to
be a mermaid. I guess I'll start with my squid pattern and go from
there. :-)
Speaking of knitting (and back to historic costume) — Ok, I think of
"mitts" as having a partial thumb and a single opening for all four
fingers. What is the item called when the fingers are also
differentiated? Usually I see them ending just before the knuckle,
but I'm thinking about making some that would only have an open
fingertip. I'm sure I could just adapt a glove pattern for that, but
I'm just curious if there is a name for it.
-Carol
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