That makes sense... But what age are we talking about here? I was still wearing mittens in 1st-3rd grades, and I find it hard to imagine that children who can write and do math can't put on gloves...
Weronika On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 01:30:59PM +1100, Ruth Budge wrote: > 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] > -- 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]
