Team USA Olympic KAL Mittens Knitting Pattern with Green Mountain Spinnery Yarn

Team USA Olympic KAL Mittens featuring Green Mountain Spinnery

What better way to celebrate and cheer on our Olympic athletes then watch the games while knitting with America's best yarns? So grab your needles and order your yarn and join us! Yarn: Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair ( 140 yards/128 m) 1 skein each of partiridge berry, edelweiss, and maritime or colors of choice Needles: 16 in circular and corresponding dpn's, or size needed to obtain gauge Us 7 (4.5mm) Finished Size: teen/small adult, large adult, Gauge: 21 sts/4 in, in color work st st Notes: -worked in the rnd Abbreviations: K= knit P= Purl Kfb= knit in front and back Using partridgeberry (red) co 36/ 42 sts Rnd 1-3: k each st around Rnd 4: purl each st around

Work rows repetitions of chart around, 1-14 of chart: Note: numbered rows are there for reference only not to be worked or incorporated into repetition.

Note: blank boxes worked in red, x is worked in white

Next Clue: Rnd 1: Switch to blue, k each st around, blue is now your background color and white is still your contrast color when following chart

After working rnd 2-5, work rnd 6 until last 2 sts in rnd, place marker, kfb in next 2 sts, At the same time, Continue to work colorwork chart above and thumb chart as below : Blank box= navy blue x= white contrast color y=kfb

Next rnd: Continue to work colorwork chart, and when you get to 10 sts made for the thumb, sl to a st marker and cast on 2 sts Work one more % repeat of colorwork and stop until you receive the next clue Next Clue: This next clue involves a choice so that you can make this a true reflection of your American Spirit. Choice 1: (Fingerless Mitten option) Continue in established colorwork stitch pattern, Until work measures 6 inches from bottom, finishing your colorwork chart so that whichever diamond/star you are at you finish when getting close to 7.5 Tune in tomorrow for finishing instructions Choice 2: (Mitten choice 1) Continue in established colorwork stitch pattern, until work measures 7.5 inches from bottom, finishing your colorwork chart so that whichever diamond/star you are at you finish when getting close to 7.5 Check in tomorrow for decrease Choice 3: (Mitten choice 2- Adding a little extra USA spirit) Next Rnd: Add in red, K each st around Next rnd: Work color chart with blank boxes as navy blue, x boxes as red, gray boxes are for large size only. (Small size is an 18 st repeat, large size is a 21 st repeat)

Next rnd: With red, K each st around Color work pattern 2 which is the star/diamond pattern, work until mitten measures 7.5 in end with a completed colorwork chart.