Knitting Pattern: Piano Player's Mitts
Easily adaptable, perfect to quickly free up your fingers to practice your scales! ;-) Difficulty: Easy. Yarn: <100g per Mitt, two colours in sock weight or similar. Needles: 4.0 mm, Knitted Flat This pattern works well with multicoloured wool against a block colour!
This pattern is a combination of two amazing patterns from Ravelry: Hostvarmere by Strikkelisa and Susie Roger's Reading Mitts by Susie Rogers. They're both wonderful patterns, so please show them your love!
PATTERN
Start at the wrist/cuff in your block colour (Yarn A). Cast on 42 stitches (or enough so that there is enough to encircle the larger part of your arm; divisible by 6 - e.g. 48, 54) Knit 4 Rows Decrease: (K4, K2Tog) across row. Then: R1: P R2: K Sivvus (Vivien Leanne) Knitting Pattern: Piano Player's Mitts R3: P R4: K R5: K R6: (YO, K2Tog) across row R7: K R8: K R9: P R10: K R11: P \*\*\* Switch to multicoloured yarn (Yarn B) Work in St St until work reaches desired length (from cuff-point to mid-hand) \*\*\* When you have reached the desired length, ending on a K row, switch to Yarn A. DO NOT TURNYET!: Cast on 9 Stitches at the end of the row in Yarn A. Turn. Sl1, K7, K2Tog. Turn. \*\*\* You are now ready to begin the zigzag flap. This is worked at right angles to the end of your last Yarn B row. Every second row there are two K2Tog's. The first one will be two Yarn A stitches, the second one has one Yarn A stitch and the nearest stitch in Yarn B. As you knit more rows you effectively ^cast off the Yarn B section at right angles. Keep repeating the next 12 rows until all the Yarn B stitches are used. R1: Sl1, K1, YO, K2Tog, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 R2: S11, K6, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog R3: S11, K1, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 R4: S11, K7, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog R5: S11, K1, YO, K2Tog, K2, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 Sivvus (Vivien Leanne) Knitting Pattern: Piano Player's Mitts R6: S11, K8, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog R7: S11, K1, YO, K2Tog, K3, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 R8: S11, K9, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog R9: S11, K1, YO, K2Tog, K4, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 R10: S11, K10, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog R11: S11, K1, YO, K2Tog, K5, YO, K2Tog, K1, YO, K2 R12: Cast off 6 Stitches, K5, YO, K2Tog, K2Tog \*\*\*
K 1 Extra Row (6 Stitches)
Cast off. \*\*\*
TO MAKE UP:
Turn pattern to WS. Pin edges together so Yarn A sections line up. Darn together on WS LEAVING SPACE FOR THE THUMB. Stitch a hem around the thumb hole in Yarn A to secure it (with special attention to the stitches beside the joins, as these will be the most strained by daily wear). Turn the right side out and block if required. The zig-zag flap should easily fold over when needed. \*\*\* If you have two hands repeat entire pattern a second time, making sure the thumb-hole is on the opposite side. (If not, you're ready to go!)
