Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland
More than 20 heritage designs to knit| By: | Christine LeGrow; Shirley A. Scott |
| Publisher: | ACP - Boulder Publications |
| Print ISBN: | 9781775234586 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781999491062 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2018 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Woollen mittens have long been a Newfoundlander’s best friend. The warmer the better. In a quirky climate of freeze, thaw, blow, and drizzle, good mittens made all tasks easier—to split birch, hammer a nail, gut a fish, draw and haul water, hang clothes on a line, shoot a seabird, or snare a rabbit. Social life, too, always required the finest mittens and gloves. This continues today.