Tacit (plus giveaway)
I know quite a few of you have been eagerly awaiting these. So, for anyone in a tearing hurry, let me just go ahead and say Tacit are out. You can grab them and cast on right now. But do swing back by when you have a moment, as I’ve got yarn to give away down below!
So I know lots of folks watched this one come together (someone linked to one of the early posts about them on pinterest and it sort of blew up, which is totally nifty). And the thing I kept getting asked over and over was ‘wait, how do you do that?’ The answer is that it really is just cables. Lovely, classic, 2-over-2 cables (plus a bit of ribbing on the underside to make sure they’re comfy).
The cables are arranged a little bit differently than you might expect (you keep individual cable columns going in long, straight lines rather than doing that over, under, over, under dance cables so often do). But technique-wise? It’s just basic cables. Meaning it’s not at all hard (and as a bonus, once you see how it works, it’s very easy to remember, so you won’t be glued to the chart). Though the end result is rather impressive looking!
Mitts like this are actually pretty much my favorite thing to do with fingering-weight yarn. I have a hard time knitting socks out of it (it hurts my hands), and an equally hard time resisting its charms, so I end up with a fair amount of it in my stash. And of course, even if you love knitting socks from fingering-weight yarn, you probably occasionally encounter a skein or two that’s just too pretty to hide in shoes. My natural inclination is to make mitts!
These are made with lovely yarn from Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts that I got way back at the second Sock Summit in 2011. Any yarn that makes it through that many stash tosses is something special (I am pretty ruthless with the stash, only the good stuff sticks around long)! The exact base and color I used are, sadly, no longer available. But I talked with the good folks over at Ancient Arts, and we figured out that their BFL Sock yarn in Fog Warning will make a fabulous substitute.
They’ve got a skein of it to send off to one lucky knitter. If you think it should be you, just leave a comment telling me how much of your stash is sock yarn. More or less all of it? Just one or two special skeins? None any at all? There’s no right or wrong answer, I just want to know if I’m the only one who can’t resist sock yarn’s charms!
And while I can’t quite manage to yarn to everyone, I can give everyone a discount. You can use the code ZIG ZAG to get a dollar the price between now and Friday. Just put Tacit in your ravelry cart, click on the ‘use a coupon code’ button, and type in the code ZIG ZAG. You’ll see the change in price reflected right away.
Comments left between now and the end of the day (eastern time) Friday, June 10, 2016 will be entered to win. After the contest closes, I’ll pick a winner, contact them to get their addresses, and arrange to send yarn their way. Be sure to use a real email address so I can contact you if you’ve won (I won’t do anything with those email addresses besides notify the winner). If I do email you, I need to hear back from you within 72 hours or I will pick a new winner and contact them.
Sock yarn isn’t just for socks! I’ve got at least 3 sweater quantities of sock yarn in my stash, plus many more. Over half my stash is sock/shawl/sweater yarn. But that’s not to say I could always use more 😉
These are amazing! I would say 50 percent of my stash is sock yarn. I love it and I love mitts!
About a quarter of my stash is sock yarn, but I have such trouble using it! Saving it for the perfect pattern – and this might be it for at least one skein. But which one?
I have no sock yarn in my stash. ?
I do have a modest amount of sock yarn in my stash but I’d love to win this skein. The mitts would travel to Maine and keep warm the hands of someone I love dearly.
I’m one of those people who’ve had their eye(s) on this classy mitt pattern for a while! I live on an island off the coast of Maine so mitts are useful for an awful lot of the year. So are wool socks which I love to knit, so I’d guess that 40 percent of my stash is sock yarn – that’s by volume not by number of skeins too. In other words, a lot.
Probably about 3/4 of my stash is fingering, but I’ve been trying to diversify!
These are absolutely gorgeous! What a beautiful design. The better part of my stash is fingering weight and at least 50% of it is sock yarn. It is just too fun and versatile to pass up. Plus, it makes a great souvenir when travelling.
Wow…these are really special. I have been following them all along and they still impress me.
I think about half my stash is fingering weight, but not all of that is sock yarn. I can’t resist its charms.
Most of my yarn is sock yarn. Can’t help it. It draws me in. I always want to know how different yarns compare. The color factor . One can never be quite sure how colorful skeins will knit up.
Would say my yarn stash is at least 90% sock yarn, it can make so many things & comes in so many irresistible colors! Love this pattern & yarn 🙂
Can you believe probably 98% of my stash is sock yarn?Guess that tells you what I knit the most of.
Your Mitt pattern is lovely! I currently have no sock yarn in my stash. Love your books. Thanks for the giveaway.
The majority of my knitting is socks for dh and shawls for me, so my stash is well over 50% sock yarn and I just can’t resist the stuff! I love the feel of smaller needles (rarely use over size 6) and love the look of a items made on small needles with fine yarn.
These mitts are gorgeous, exactly what I like about sock yarn – lots of popping texture in a little place.
I knit a ton of socks, and I’m also a fan of stranded colorwork mittens and even a fingering-weight hat. I have a ton of sock yarn in my stash, enough that I’m slightly embarrassed by it.
Wow! Really lovely! About 90 percent of my stash is sock yarn, its more affordable to splurge on a special skein than a sweaters worth of yarn.
All my good yarn is sock weight!! That would be half my stash, the other half is worsted acrylics for toy and kid knitting 🙂
I have a ton of sock yarn. My husband thinks I have a problem. 😉
A totally unscientific guess is that about 50% of my stash is sock weight yarns – which rarely turn into socks…and these lovely mitts will continue that trend.
Yay! I’m one of the people who has been waiting for these to come out. Right now I would say my stash is about half fingering weight. But if do a destash and get rid of a lot of my early acquisitions that don’t suit my tastes it would probably be about 75% fingering.
Love the intricacy of this pattern and the fact that the yarn is not too busy to be overwhelming. Perfect summer project for sitting outside listening to the birds and sipping iced tea and getting lost in a challenging but not too big of a project. Thanks for posting this to your blog!
Oh gosh, almost all my yarn is sock yarn. I’m such a sucker for it. I love how much yardage you get out of a skein, and I love making socks, but then you can use it for other things too… It’s the best! 🙂
I love sock yarn – for knitting socks and mitts, or doubling for heavier fabric, and also for warp and weft on my rigid heddle loom. I can weave the most amazing shawls and scarves using sock yarn!. Sock yarn is so versitile!
Great pattern. Yes it would look good in one of my special sock yarns, but I have to say BFL is my favorite wool. It has a cashmere quality but much more durable. What a lovely pairing.
Most of my stash is going towards sock yarn. I’ll buy thicker stuff for specific projects or gifts that I start right away, like a blanket… but for my everyday “need something on the needles now” knitting, it’s generally socks, and central Texas weather is just too warm for anything thicker!
I need some nice mitts to keep my hands toasty on days the office over-air-conditions. This pattern might be just the ticket! (and of couse, some extra yarn for the stash is ALWAYS welcome!)