MITTENS – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The piece is worked from the bottom up, increasing for the thumb. When these increases are finished, the thumb-stitches are placed on a thread before finishing the hand. The thumb is worked to finish.
LEFT MITTEN
Cast on 48-48 stitches with double pointed needles size 3 mm and the background colour. Work rib in the round with knit 2, purl 2, for 12 cm. Work 1 round in stocking stitch where you increase 0-4 stitches evenly spaced = 48-52 stitches.
Work diagram A.1 – when you have worked as far as the black squares in the diagram, work A.2 over these 3 stitches. Continue working according to diagrams A.1 and A.2 (you increase stitches in A.2). After the last round in A.2 there are 11 stitches in A.2 – place these stitches on a thread. On the next round cast on 3 stitches behind the stitches on the thread = 48-52 stitches on the round. Continue working A.1 over all stitches. When the diagram has been completed there are 8 stitches left on the round. Cut the strand, tack it through the stitches and fasten well.
THUMB
Place the 11 stitches from the thread on double pointed needles size 3 mm and start the round by knitting up 9 stitches at the back of the thumb (pick up 2 stitches on each side and 5 stitches in the 3 cast-on stitches) = 20 stitches. Work diagram A.3. When the diagram has been completed there are 4 stitches left on the round. Cut the strand, tack it through the stitches and fasten well.
RIGHT MITTEN: Work as the left, but the thumb is worked on the opposite side – see diagram A.x which shows where the thumb is positioned in the pattern.
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Diagram
= off white
= background colour
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over with background colour.
= slip 1 stitch in off-white as if to knit, knit 1 with off-white and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch.
= knit 2 together with off white.
= slip 1 stitch in off-white as if to knit, knit 2 together with off-white and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted together stitches.
