Skeindeer Knits tutorial: knitting Selbu Mitten thumbs

[@lizreed8081]

This video came up in my KZbin feed and I watched it again-now I’m inspired to make another pair of Selbu mittens. Love your many many mitt patterns ❤

[@tanyshoy8250]

Your layback attitude is what I need to hear. Instead of clenching my jaw I’ll think of you and remember to go with the flow and have fun

[@jeanathey767]

Thanks so much! Please create more tutorials for stranded knitting techniques. You are an excellent teacher and your uo-close camera shots are clear and easy to follow. As a newbie in stranded knitting, I'd sure love more tutorials from you. You're the best!

[@barbaranormandin2020]

Thank you very much Picking up thumb stitches has been a challenge for me. This video was very helpful.

[@ritam.4071]

Thank you for the excellent tutorial. It was very helpful as I finished your Speedy Selbu Mittens. Keep warm!

[@annakertesz1]

I’ve just bought your Selbu mittens pack and this is the first time I’ve tried knittng mittens. I love it! So thank you so much for the well-written pattern. I am enjoying it soo much! ❤

[@yettaoshea8869]

Thank you for doing this! Very informative. I know you’ve said in past that you aren’t good at doing tutorials, but this came out very good. Clear, concise, easy to follow and to see what you were doing.👍🏻

[@Mementomoriia]

Thank you for this! I'm knitting mittens like this for my partner for Xmas and the thumb had me stumped. Thank you for explaining this!!

[@amymikelson3060]

Great! Thank you. Good to know even someone who is so experienced has trouble with holes. Good to know what I am doing is correct. Or, if it works, it's correct. Great pattern too.

[@blancheroy3133]

Thank you so very much Eli, this was so timely. I was going to write you because after finishing the body of the first mitten, I was stuck as to how to continue with the thumb. I thought it would be simple and yet couldn't get my mind around it. This was just what I needed.

[@SkeindeerKnits]

Oh, I am so glad it helped! Thank you for letting me know :D

[@christinebiedermann2644]

excellent, thank you for this guide. It'll certainly help someone like me, who is fairly new to colour work knitting.

[@cheryallison3239]

Very good tutorial! Fine job explaining and showing the process. Thank you.

[@sophierocheleau1383]

This was so helpful! Thank you, i was able to compete my first mitten. Hopefully, I can make its partner.

[@pernillep9049]

So so good!!!!

[@Mindfulnessification]

Excellent, Elli!!! Thank you!!! ❤️❤️👏🏼🐑🐑🐑👏🏼❤️❤️

[@kattheaspie2746]

Thank you for this demonstration. I hope you had a fairly uncomplicated filming experience, and I found it particularly helpful to see you knitting with larger needles and to see that it still comes out nice and tidy at the end, because I am also a very tight knitter! Thanks for showing us your magic loop jog avoidance technique again, I will be trying that out soon!

[@SkeindeerKnits]

Thank you so much! I wish I could say I did, but my housemates were home and loud ;D Nothing wrong with being a tight knitter. We just get to use bigger needles!

[@jamesblanton5600]

Great demonstration...deb

[@jillthemenace]

Thank you for sharing this! Now I learned that I definitely do my thumbs differently than yours -- I'll have to experiment with your method when I knit my sixth pair of mittens for the year. :)

[@SkeindeerKnits]

I should've prefaced the video by saying there are lots of wright ways of doing the thumbs, and this is just the way I have found useful. :)

[@stephaniemunro279]

So helpful, thank you! For the first time, I have no holes!!

[@gailrogers8687]

Thank you! This is very helpful! You did a great job!f

[@paulahtxea6958]

I love it! Thank you

[@michellebattersby4070]

Eli that was fantastic. It helped so much, that I will buy the mitten club this year. I haven’t before because I’ve only ever tried to knit 🧶 one pair previously and made a big hash of said thumb area. That has given me so much confidence to try again. Please do more you are a natural. 😀👌🏼😀👌🏼😀

[@SkeindeerKnits]

Thank you so much! That is so nice to hear :D

[@joanneyoung1081]

This was nicely done. Are you still doing mitten club, I ask because this was done some time ago.

[@SkeindeerKnits]

I did the Selbu mitten clubs in 2017, 2018 and 2019. I had to take a break in 2020 and 2021 due to my PhD, but I'm currently running 'Skeindeer's Matchy -matchy accessory club" that you might like :)

[@joanneyoung1081]

Skeindeer knits thank you for your prompt reply. PhD is a good thing to be working on.

[@melmack2003]

Thanks, Elie.....I do my thumbs after both mittens are finished in hopes they will be the same. ;-)

[@SkeindeerKnits]

I usually do that too! About 6 months to a year later ;D

[@melmack2003]

@@SkeindeerKnits lol

[@stephenutterstrom]

I still dont understand How to do the increeses. It went wrong 2 Times now. Exactlywhen and where should They be, and How to read the patterns?

[@tarifgunlugum1329]

it was a beautiful video 😊 like 👍💐☘️

[@SkeindeerKnits]

Hahah, I thought the last emoji was a broccoli first. ;D Thank you!