BLOOM MITTENS
by Maschas Maschen
Materials:
Riihivilla finnsheep yarn lilac: $60\ \mathrm{g}$ orange: $30\;\mathrm{g}$ pink: $10~\mathrm{g}$ red: $10~\mathrm{g}$ yellow: $5\;\mathrm{g}$ 1 set of 5 US 5 / 3,5 mm double point needles or size to obtain correct gauge Gauge: 26 sts/28 rows $=4$ inches in stockinette stitch $/\ 10\mathrm{~x~}10\ \mathrm{cm}$ Size: Women's medium
Pattern:
Cuff:
Cast on 50 stitches in lilac. Divide stitches evenly onto four needles and join into round, being careful not to twist. Knit 23 rounds (inside of the cuff). Change to red and knit one round, then purl one round (turning round). Change to lilac, knit pattern A. After having finished pattern A, fold the work double. Check if the inside and the outside of the cuff are even (if they are not, add or remove one or two rows in lilac, until the cuff is even.). Change to red (if you have removed one or two rows in lilac in pattern A, knit them now, so that there are two rounds in lilac between the two rounds in pink and the two rounds in red). Knit the last row and the cast-on-row together by knitting together the first stitch of the cast-on-row and the first stitch of the last row, then the second stitch of both rows and so on until you have finished the whole round and both ends of the cuff are knitted together. Knit a second round in red. Knit two rounds in lilac.
Body of mitten:
Knit patern B. In round 4, increase two stitches for the thumb gusset and from now on in every third round like it is shown in pattern C. Continue until the thumb gusset has 18 rounds and 13 stitches. In the 19th round, put these 13 stitches of the thumb gusset on a holder and continue the round. In the next round, cast on 3 stitches in their place and continue to knit the pattern. One round has now again 50 stitches. To knit the decreases at the top of the mitten, make the decreases at the right edge of every side of the mitten with ssk, and at the left edge of every side with ktog. There must be one stitch in lilac in the middle between the two decreases at each edge of the mitten. Decrease until there remain ca. 6 stitches. Cut the ya and move the lilac yarn nto a tapestry neede. Passit through the remaining stitchs and pul tight.
Thumb:
Move the 13 stitches from the holder on two needles and pick up further 13 stitches from the back of the thumb hole. Knit pattern C from round 19 until the end of the pattern. Make the decreases like on the body of mitten. Weave in ends. Knit the second mitten as if seen in a mirror, including the thumb. O:ORANGE I: PINK
PATTERN A
