MITTENS - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The piece is worked in the round with double pointed needles, bottom up. At the bottom of the mittens there is a turn-up which is sewn in place to finish.
LEFT MITTEN
Cast on 52 stitches with double pointed needles size 3 mm and medium grey. Knit 8 rounds. Then work a round of holes (= folding edge) as follows: * Knit 2 together, make 1 yarn over , work from -* to end of round.
Then work according to diagram A.1 (= 52 stitches). REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! When you have worked as far as the 3 black squares in the diagram, continue with A.2 (= thumb) over these 3 stitches; the remaining stitches are continued as shown in A.1. When A.2 has been worked, up to and including round 13 (see arrow in diagram A.1) and you have increased 5 times, place the 13 thumb-stitches on 1 thread. Cast on 3 new stitches behind the stitches on the thread = 52 stitches. Continue according to A.1. After all the decreases, there are 12 stitches left on the round. Cut the strands, pull them through the remaining stitches, pull tight and fasten well. The mitten measures approx. 23 cm from the folding edge (26 cm in total length). Fold the edge to the wrong side and fasten with small stitches.
THUMB
Place the 13 thumb-stitches back on double pointed needles size 3 mm. Knit up 9 stitches behind the thumb = 22 stitches. Continue in the round according to A.2. After all the decreases there are 8 stitches left on the round. Cut the strands, pull them through the remaining stitches, pull tight and fasten well.
RIGHT MITTEN
Cast on and work as for left mitten, but the first 23 stitches in A.1 are worked as shown in A.3 so that the thumb is on the opposite side. Sew down the edge.
Diagram
= knit with off white
= knit with medium grey
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over; on the next round knit the yarn over twisted to avoid a hole
= knit 2 together with medium grey
= slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 with medium grey and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
= slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 2 together with medium grey and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted together stitches
= here you work the thumb gusset, i.e. A.2
= here you place the thumb-stitches on a thread
