Center Trellis
I was making a Casu Cowl (by Galia Lael) as a gift for my mom and decided that in order to make full use of my two skeins of Malabrigo Worsted (without making the cowl bigger than I wanted) that I would make her a pair of matching fingerless mitts. I made the mitts first and used the rest to make the coWl. This pattern was designed for fairly small hands (7" circumference around widest part of palm). Larger sizes may be made by casting on more stitches in multiples of 2 and doing more pattern repeats before the thumb gusset. You may also increase the 11 thumb stitches by continuing the pattern of increases (increasing every 3 rows). Suggested yarns: approximately 85-100 yards (for mitts only) Malabrigo Worsted or Malabrigo Rios Needles: set of US 7 (4.5 mm) double-pointed or size needed to obtain gauge Gauge: 18-19 sts = 4" in stocking st.
Abbreviations:
pm - place marker rm - remove marker m1 - make one oin in the round, being careful not to twist. Place marker at beginning of rour Rnd 1: Knit. Rnd 2: [k2tog, yo] around. Rnd 3: Knit. Casu mitts, @ 2015 Kay Jean Designs Rnd 4: k2, \*yo, k2tog. Repeat from \* to marker. YO, rm, k2tog, pm. Rnd 5: Knit. Rnd 6: k1, \*yo, k2tog. Repeat from \* to one stitch before marker. YO, slip stitch, rm, move slipped stitch back to left needle, k2tog, pm. Rnd 7: Knit. Rnds 8-11: Repeat rounds 6 & 7 twice. Rnds 12 &13: [kl, pl] around. Rnds 14 & 15: [p1, k1] around. Rnds 16-19: Repeat rounds 12-15 once. Rnds 20 & 21: [k1, p1] around. Thumb gusset Rnd 22: m1, place second marker. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 23: [m1, k1, m1] between markers. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 24 & 25: knit sts between markers. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnd 26: m1, k3, m1. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 27: knit sts between markers. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 28: knit sts between markers. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnd 29: m1, k5, m1. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnds 30 & 31: knit sts between markers. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 32: m1, k7, m1. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnd 33: knit sts between markers. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnd 34: knit sts between markers. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 35: m1, k9, m1. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 36 & 37: knit sts between markers. [k1, p1] to marker. Rnd 38: Slip 11 thumb sts (sts between markers) onto waste yarn and remove markers. CO 2, pm. [p1, k1] to marker. Rnd 39: [p1, k1] around. Rnds 40 & 41: [k1, p1] around. Rnds 42 & 43: [p1, k1] around. Rnds 44-47: Repeat rounds 40-43 once. Rnd 48: [k1, p1] around. Bind off: k2tog, k1. Pass first st over second to bind off. Continue working in pattern and binding off until 14 sts have been bound off. Repeat from beginning of bind-off round until all sts have been bound off. Cut yarn.
Thumb
Transfer 11 held sts. to needle and knit them. (I recommend leaving a long enough tail that you can use it later to close up any gaps that might occur.) Pick up and knit 2 sts in the gap. Pm. Knit 5 more rounds, bind off. Weave in all ends. Repeat for second mitt.
