My sister loves turtles. I secretly call her turtle-guru (but don't tell her). When she asked me to knit some baby stuff for her to give to a friend, I went a little crazy searching for cute turtle baby stuff. I love Sheldon, and I wanted a whole set to match it. Since I couldn't find turtle (or honeycomb) mittens, at least baby sized, I came up with this pattern. You only need very little yarn (great for leftovers) and they knit up in no time. Enjoy!
Size
The pattern was written with a newborn to small baby in mind. Since I'm a little iffy on baby measurements and I don't have one to try on the mittens, this is a guesstimate. The easiest way to change size is to use a different weight of yarn and/or a different size of needles. Please contact me if you find any errors or have suggestions for sizing.
Materials
1 skein of sports weight yarn in darker green (mC = main or background colour) 1 skein of sports weight yarn in lighter green (CC = contrasting colour) Set of 2.50mm double pointed needles (for cuff) _Set of 3.00mm double pointed needles _tapestryneedle
Abbreviations
k... knit p...purl k2tog... knit two stitches together st/sts... stitch/stitches ml... make one stitch (with left needle, lift strand between stitches from front to back, knit the lifted stitch through the back) sl... slip one stitch purlwise (with yarn in back)
Pattern Directions
Using smaller needles and MC yarn, cast on 30 sts. In my sample, I used a tubular cast on method, but you can use any other stretchy cast on method you like. Knit 10 rows of 1x1 rib (or more if you prefer) R1: with CC and larger needles; (k3, m1) ten times (40 sts) R2: p all R3: k all R4: p all R5-8: with MC; k2, (sl2, k6) four times, sl2, k4 R9: with CC; k all R10: p all R11-14: with MC; (k6, sl2) five times R15-16: as R9-10 R17-28:repeat R5-16 once R29-32: repeat R5-8 once R33: with CC, k2tog around (20 sts) R34: p all R35-38: with MC, (k3, sll) five times R39: with CC, (k2tog) ten times (10 sts) R40: p all R41: (k2tog) 5 times (5 sts) Cut yarn and pull tail end through remaining stitches. Pulltight and fasten. Weave in all ends.
Entirely optional:
When I was I kid, I had connected mittens, so that's what I knit for others now, too. You can either knit an i-cord or crochet a connection cord, or whatever other method you prefer. Measurement wise, I'm not gonna be much help, because I had to guess The connection cord I used in my sample mittens is a 6-stitch i-cord and it's 70 cm long. If you have the chance to measure the baby the mittens are for, go for it. Twice the length of one arm, plus the length of the back, plus a couple centimetres extra should do it. If you don't like connection cords that's fine too, but they make it much harder to loose one mitten and suffer from the equivalent of second sock syndrome. The cord can be either sewn onto the mittens or attached less permanently with a button or whatever.
