Because it's actually very hard (and I speak as a mother of three here!) to ease a small child's fingers into gloves! Young children don't seem to have the manual dexterity to fit each finger in each hole, or even the mental capability to envisage which finger goes into which hole....so you end up with a child who's managed to put the thumb in the thumb-hole OK, but who has then managed to insert the second finger into the third hole, and the third and fourth fingers into the fourth hole, and who have a finger left over, with nowhere to go - or some similar mess!!!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weronika Patena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] measuring a child's coat > I never minded feeling like a child (I was the "I never want to grow up" type, > and in fact still am to some extent), but I hated mittens too. Do really bad > things to your manual ability. The string was mildly annoying, but not nearly > as bad as the mittens themselves (plus, I did lose things a lot, so I realized > it made sense). > Can anyone explain why children always have to wear mittens and not real > gloves?? > > Weronika > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:31:11AM +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: > > 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] > > > > -- > Weronika Patena > Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA > http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
