<< these were done with a wood crochet hook called
Mittens Hooked on a Dowel and you used pieces of pencil roving to fill in the
gaps as you went along, as it turns out these mittens are also water proof >>
I think you're confusing two different kinds of mittens, from Robin
Hansen's Flying Geese and Partridge Feet.
The first, mittens hooked on a dowel, are actually a form of slip
stitch crochet, also known as Bosnian crochet and shepherd's
knitting, extensively used in Scandinavia and northern Europe. Robin
(and Mr. Miller) claims you can't do it with a crochet hook, but you
can. It's much easier if you find a hook with a narrow tapered head
(the Susan Bates and Boye models with heart-shaped heads are very
difficult to use for it.)
The second kind, with pencil roving, Robin calls Double-rolled
mittens. There is actually another kind as well, called shagged
mittens, which uses yarn, not roving, to create a dense carpeted
effect on the outside. This type was done as early as the 1830s.
Deborah
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