Fall 2019 • Spin Off 35
PROJECT
Thumb
Return 22 sts to
needles. With RS facing,
pick up and knit 4
sts along CO edge of
thumb—26 sts total. Pm
and join in the rnd. Twine
knit 4 rnds. Work 2 crook
rnds. BO all sts in twined
St st.
Finishing
Weave in ends. Sew
any holes closed at base
of thumb. Soak mitts and
block. (^) ●
Josefin Waltin started
spinning in 2011. She is
a spinning teacher and
teaches both online and offline. She publishes
instructional and documentary-style videos and
manages a spinning blog from her home in
Sweden at http://www.waltin.se/josefinwaltinspinner.
Twined handcoverings are both sturdy and warm.