http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2011/08/09/the-knits-abide.aspxSusan Strawn&#39;s reproduction of late-Medieval English mittens. Five hundred years ago, a mother (or aunt or grandmother) in England knitted a pair of mittens for a small child. They had a neat little ribbed top, increases spaced randomly so they areenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2011/08/09/the-knits-abide.aspx#69406Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:21:12 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:69406gini18<p>i would like to find the helmet pattern in the spinnerin yarn co, inc. knitting pattern book called &#39;wee moderns, infant and toddlers&#39; volume 201, editor liz blackwell printed in MCMLXX (which i think is 1970). please contact istitch@gmail.com</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69406" width="1" height="1">http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2011/08/09/the-knits-abide.aspx#69291Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:07:57 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:69291Donna Alley<p>My children were always losing &quot;a&quot; mitten. &nbsp;Sometimes I wished I had knitted three of them..they got used to wearing mismatched mittens. LOL</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69291" width="1" height="1">http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2011/08/09/the-knits-abide.aspx#69289Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:06:52 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:69289Donna Alley<p>That is too funny. &nbsp;My kids were always losing &quot;a&quot; mitten. &nbsp;Never both of them..sometimes I contemplated making three. &nbsp;LOL</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69289" width="1" height="1">http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2011/08/09/the-knits-abide.aspx#69279Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:28:19 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:69279MB@FabricUiPhoneApp<p>I love those vintage knitting patterns for children.It&#39;s no wonder there&#39;s only one 500+ year old mitten in the museum, the child lost the other one!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69279" width="1" height="1">