When my sister and I were young my mother made us mittens with girls faces on them with braids. She also made us lion and tiger mittens. We LOVED these! Of course, that was back in the 60's and those patterns are long gone. I'm hoping someone here knows where I can find them so I can make them for my 2 year old daughter!

Thank you!
Linda

I had those mittens too!
I loved them and didn't realize my mom must have knit them for me!!!

I just called her to see if she remembered them - she said they were a kit and if she had to guess the vendor was Bernat. Good luck finding them!

Thanks Smashgal...I'll look around to see what I can find. We had the best time with those mittens! I really want to make some for my daughter...hope I can find the pattern!

Linda

They sound adorable -- combination mittens and hand puppets.

But I'm missing something here. Why do you need a kit? Make a pair of basic mittens using a book such as "Ann Budd's Handy Book of Patterns" or the free patterns on this Web site. http://knitting.about.com/library/blmittenpat.htm) Embroider a simple face with duplicate stitch.
Sew on yarn pigtails...or loops for a lion's mane...or fun fur yarn for frizzy hair...or whatever suits your fancy. Without the limitations of a kit, you can use whatever yarn and colors you like, make a mixed set (boy and girl, blonde and brunette, black and white, smile and frown -- whatever). Your daughter will love them.

howdy - didn't mean to imply you NEEDED a kit...she just mentioned wanting info on what pattern those mittens came from!!!

From what I remember, the thumb and pinky were separate fingers that created arms, the body was two tone to give the idea of a skirt/pants and shirt...like BaaBaa said, your best bet may be to create your own from multiple patterns!

I did find an aligator pattern, Later Gator Mitts, p 71 in the book Stitch and Bitch Nation...

There is some adorable "tweedledee and tweedledum" mittens in the "folk mittens" book. What makes these so cute is that you actually knit the pinky seperate (like the thumb) so there like little puppets. There soo cute! I'm going to make them for my 3 year old daughter. If your interested...email me and I'll email you the pattern so you don't have to buy the whole book.

Although tlewsey's offer is generous, copying patterns from a book to give to someone else may be a violation of copyright.

Oh come on...you never have knitted anything that you didn't actually "buy the pattern" for? My girl friends and I exchange our knitting books and magazines all the time for different patterns. So, if I have a pattern that someone wants - a friend or not....I should tell them about this great pattern but tell them....oh sorry, I can't give you that pattern because I would be in violation of a copyright, you have to buy the book? I'm not like that. I love to share good patterns and I love to share my knitting books and magazines. So sorry to have offended you.

Sorry, but I have to agree with KT.

While copying and distributing patterns may seem generous, is done frequently, and will most likely not have the Knitting Police knocking at your door, it is nevertheless a violation of copyright law.

At the front of almost every book is a statement that goes something like this: "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holder. We give permission to photocopy the instructions and graphics for personal use only." (This is from "A Gathering of Lace," by Meg Swansen.)

I interpret "personal use" as making a copy of a pattern from a book I have bought so that I can carry it in my knitting bag.

Designers use their talent and time to create patterns; writers spend years putting books together; publishers invest many thousands of dollars in producing them. When you blithely copy and give away bits of their books, you are depriving them of income. Even worse, many knitting shops make dozens of copies of patterns from books and yarn company publications and sell them for their own profit. This is stealing, pure and simple.

"Come on, everybody does it" is neither a legal nor an ethical defense against breaking copyright law. If you want to share with your friends, the right thing to do is contact the publisher and ask permission to do so. Or send your friends to the library.

If I sound particularly crazed on this issue, it's because I make my living as a writer and do not appreciate seeing my work used in ways that I have not been paid for and for which I retain copyright.

Thank you Baa Baa. My comment was made in case tlewsey was not aware of this as an issue. Since I became aware of the copyright issues with pattern sharing I stopped which has irritated some of my knitting friends.

As Baa Baa said, it is doubtful any knitting police are going to come to anyone's door and arrest them for copying patterns but another point to remember on a public board is that the website itself can get into trouble for allowing posters to share copyright materials. It is my understanding that Yahoo is very strict about this with its groups. From a pragmatic viewpoint, it may be better to make such offers in direct communication rather than through board postings.

Hawklin,
Have an extra pattern book. sent you email. Judy