Sporty Mitts designed by Colleen Powley EXPERIENCELEVEL Advanced Beginner
MATERIALS
· Blue Sky Sport Weight or Melange (50g/110yds): 1 hank each MC, CC1, and CC2 · Size 3 [3.25 mm] double pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge · 3 Stitch markers · Waste yarn Photo Shown: Capuccino #540 (MC), Hibiscus #538 (CC1), and Buttercup #537 (CC2)
SIZES
One size fits most. 714" diameter, unstretched, at the top and 714" in length
GAUGE
In Stockinette stitch 13 sts and 18 rnds = 2"
ABBREVIATIONS
BO: Bind off CC: Contrast color CO: Cast on Dpn(s): Double pointed needle(s) Foll: Follow(s)(ing) K: Knit M1: Make one M1L: Insert left ndl from front to back under strand between last st worked and next st on left ndl; knit this loop through back. M1R: Insert left ndl from back to front under strand between last st worked and next st on left ndl; knit this loop through the front. MC: Main color Nd(s): Needle(s) Patt: Pattern PM: Place marker Rnd: Round Sl: Slip SM: Slip marker St(s): Stitch(es) St st: Stockinette stitch
PATTERN NOTES
The seam is on the palm so that the changes in the colorwork are hidden. Carry the yarn colors that you are not using up the side of the work as you knit with the next colors. Twist the yarns together at the beginning of the row. Make sure you don't pull the yarn too tightly or leave it too loose as you weave up the side.
Jogless Stripes
To minimize the jog from one color to the next, work a jogless color change as follows: work the first round in the new color. On the following round, slip the beginning of round marker, insert the right needle from back to front into the stitch below the first stitch on the left needle, and slip the stitch onto the left needle. Knit stitch together with the next stitch on the left needle.
CUFF
Cast on 48 sts in MC, place 12 sts on each of 4 ndls. PM and join in the rnd, being careful not to twist sts. Knit for 28 rnds. On rnd 29, begin working the colorwork chart and AT THE SAME TIME create the thumb gusset.
THUMB GUSSET LEFT (RIGHT) MITT
Rnd 29: K12(36), PM, m1R, m1L, PM, k to the end of the rnd. [2 sts between markers] Rnd 30: K12(36), SM, k2, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 31: K12(36), SM, m1R, k2, m1L, SM, k to the end of the rnd. [4 sts between markers] Rnd 32: K12(36), SM, k4, SM, k to the end of the rmd. Rnd 33: K12(36), SM, m1R, k4, m1L, SM, k to the end of the rnd. [6 sts between markers] Rnd 34: K12(36), SM, k6, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 35: K12(36), SM, m1R, k6, m1L, SM, k to the end of the rnd. [8 sts between markers] Rnd 36: K12(36), SM, k8, SM, k to the end of the rmd. Rnd 37: Change to CC1, k12(36), SM, m1R, k8, m1L, SM, k to the end of the rnd. [10 sts between markers] Rnd 38: K12(36), SM, k10, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 39: Change to MC/CC2, k12(36), SM, k10, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 40: Change to CC1, k12(36), SM, m1R, k10, m1L, SM, k to the end of the rnd. [12 sts between markers] Rnd 41: K12(36), SM, k12, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 42: Change to MC, k12(36), SM, m1R, k12, m1L, SM k to the end of the rnd. [14 sts between markers] Rnd 43: K12(36), SM, k14, SM, k to the end of the rnd. Rnd 44: K12(36), sl 14 Thumb sts on to waste yarn, removing markers, k to the end of the rnd.
HAND
Continue to work colorwork chart in St st to end. BO loosely.
THUMB
Slide 14 Thumb sts from waste yarn to 2 dpns. Rejoin yarn, k14 sts on needles, with 3rd needle, pick up and k4 sts at Thumb Gusset [18 sts]. Work even for 5 rnds.
FINISHING
BO all sts and weave in ends. Block.
