Dear Bev, Your question brought back memories! Let me say upfront that I understand the need for "strings" to connect mittens, especially for a young child, but as a young child, I *hated* having a string!!!!
To keep my little hands warm in an English winter, I had a pair of "fur" mittens (my mother had "fur" gloves...and how I wished I had gloves too!), and I would walk along the street pretending my mittens were, in fact, grown-up gloves just like Mum's. But the biggest stumbling block to my imagination was that dratted string (in fact, a long piece of elastic, which allowed me to stretch my arms without too much trouble). It rubbed the back of my neck, it tangled round my arms in the coat sleeves, but, worst of all in my opinion, it spoilt the look of my mittens (because I could see where the elastic had been sewn onto the mitten) and made me feel like a child! Nothing worse for a 4 or 5 year old - to feel like a child!!!!!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:32 AM Subject: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > Hi everyone, especially those within reach of a child's jacket > > I need to know how long to make the 'string' to connect a pair of mittens > I've knitted for a 2 yr-old. The pattern directions helpfully tell me to > make the cord 'the desired length' - ok...I don't know the kid's wingspan, > and I would like to present the mittens + string 'complete' - if someone > with a winter garment for a 2 to 4 yr. old could please > measure the distance from cuff to cuff along the shoulder line, I would be > grateful. It would be better to make it a bit too long, than too short. > Too, too long would be cumbersome. > > TIA for any help! > -- > bye for now > Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > Cdn. floral bobbins and New Christmas Bobbin > www.woodhavenbobbins.com > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
