{"id":3976,"date":"2010-12-10T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T22:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2018-01-04T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:01:24","slug":"gift-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2010\/gift-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Lab: iMitt DIY Mitten Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Product Name:<\/strong> iMitt DIY Mitten Kit<\/a><\/p>\n

Background Research:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can knit in stockinette all day long, but can I actually knit a fitted mitten? I’m not just testing out this knit kit, but also testing my skills. The real challenge will be, can I finish these mittens in time for cold weather?<\/p>\n

Hypothesis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using the iMitt DIY mitten kit, with everything I need included, I can teach myself to knit mittens before winter really kicks into gear.<\/p>\n

Experiment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was a bit nervous when I laid out all the materials in front of me. Two balls of sage green yarn, a pair of circular needles, stitch markers, a yarn cutter and a daunting set of instructions. And these weren’t normal mittens; they had openings for my fingers so I could operate a smart phone in the cold. What had I gotten myself into? I’d just tweeted<\/a> that I’d be finishing these mittens soon, so I had no choice but to get started.<\/p>\n

Check out some of the work in progress photos.<\/a><\/p>\n

Well it took a few tries, and the help of some friendly YouTube vloggers, but I did it!<\/p>\n

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Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mittens were knit! And the weather reports are calling for snow. I finished just in time.<\/p>\n

This kit did have about everything I needed. I grabbed a ruler to check my measurements and kept my laptop on so I could get a second opinion on some of the instructions. The pattern was<\/em> pretty daunting for a self-taught knitter like myself. I consulted YouTube and about.com frequently, restarted a few times, but it all came together. And the challenge was definitely worth it.<\/p>\n

One thing I learned was that the woman’s small still ran too big for my tiny hands. I adjusted the pattern to start with 36 stitches and that worked much better. If you’re knitting for a child, or like me, you have ridiculously small hands, be sure to adjust the pattern before you get started.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first saw the shape of a mitten emerging from my needles, I knew I’d done it. And there is nothing like that feeling of accomplishment. I couldn’t recommend the iMitt DIY mitten kit<\/a> enough to all your crafty friends.<\/p>\n

The mittens are super cute, warm, and have a perfect sized opening for my thumb and pointer. Now I just need to get an iPhone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warm mittens, just in time for winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741],"tags":[8,137,262,260,685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64571,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions\/64571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}