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charlotte's web mitts
size: to fit small/medium women's hand
finished
These spidery mitts are designed to pair up with the charlottes web socks. There was so much extra yarn and so much more spidery love in me that Ijust had to create some cosy, webbymitts! They aredesigned using thesame spider patternsused in thesocks but thistime youare giventhe freedom to place your spiders wherever you seefit crawling up your arm! measurements: arm flat circumference: 7 inches cuff flat circumference: 8 inches total length: 7.5 inches materials: yarn: Counting Sheep (Alpino Sockweight $50\%$ Superfine Alpaca $50\%$ Merino; 300 yds/100 g) needles:2.75 mm DPNs, set of 4 notions: tapestry needle; 2 bright buttons gauge: 15 sts/2 in over
Spider Web $\copyright$ loutheperson knits 2009 Loumms Year of Socks
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Cast on
Cuff Round 1: kl, (yo, kl) twice, sl2-k3tog-p2sso, (k1, yo),twice, k1 Round 2: k all sts Cast on 44 sts and share between 4 needles, 11 sts on each needle knit 1 round to begin Repeat rounds 1 and 2 three times in total On completion of the third repeat continue and k1 st from needle 1 with needle 4 and sll st from needle 2 to needle 3. At this point you can begin to work with three needles by transferring all of the sts from needle 4 to needle 3, giving you 10 sts on needles 1 and 2 and 24 sts on needle 3 Arm Work in stst over needles 1 and 2inering the 5 st‘spiders whereveryoufl they would becrawling. For needle 3; work 2 full pattern repeats of the spider web chart. Note: remember to begin your final spider at least 8 rounds before you complete the second spider web chart. Once you have completed both pattern repeats begin the thumb increases Thumb increase: right hand Work spider web chart over needle 3. For needles 1 and 2 follow below: Thumb increase: left hand Work spider web chart over needle 3. For needles 1 and 2 follow below: Round 1: k1, yo, k to end Round 2 and all even rounds: k all sts Round 3: k2, yo, k to end Round 5: k3, yo, k to end Round 7: k4, yo, k to end Round 9: k5, yo, k to end Round 1: k to last st, yo, k1 Round 2 and all even rounds: k all sts Round 3: k to last 2 sts, yo, k2, Round 5: k to last 3 sts, yo, k3, Round 7: k to last 4 sts, yo, k4, Round 9: k to last 5 sts, yo, k5, After the thumb increases you will have increased by a total of 5 sts therefore giving you 15 sts on needle 1 for the right hand and 15 sts on needle 2 for the left hand.
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Now follow instructions below for either right or left hand
Right Hand
Left Hand
Needles 1 and 2: Round 1: k4, k2tog, yo, k to end Round 2: k all sts Repeat 1 and 2 until pattern on needle 3 is complete Needle 3: Continue in established Spider Web pattern until completed Needles 1 and 2: Round 1: k to last sts, yo, k2tog. k4 Round 2: k all sts Repeat 1 and 2 until pattern on needle 3 is complete Needle 3: Continue in established Spider Web pattern until completed After the final total spider web is complete begin Top Cuff. Note:Youwill haveworked a total of threefull spiderwebpaes up the frontof th hand
Top cuff
Needles 1 and 2: k all sts Needle 3: Round 1: \*ssk, yo, repeat to end Round 2: k all sts Repeat rounds 1 and 2 twice in total Bind offall sts losely
Thumb Strap
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Pick up the first 5 sts after the thumb yo's on palm side of mitt Work in stst back and forth until your thumb strap reaches desired length. k2tog, k1, k2tog p all sts sl1-k2tog-psso Sew in all ends and sew down your thumb strap adding a bright coloured button.
Charts and written instructions
Spider Web Chart
round 1 (and all other odd rounds) k all sts roud2:sk yssky, slkgy,tgykgy,y, ssky, sky,gy yo, k2tog, yo, k1 round 4:k, yo, ssk, y,ssk,k, ktog yo,ktog,k3 yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k, ktog, yo,ktog y,k
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rou6:kyssslkysskskygyk k3 round 8: k3, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog yo, k2tog, yo,k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k4 round 10:k4, s-ktog-pso, yo, ktog yo, ktog yo,kl yo, ssk, yo, ssk,sl-k2tog-s, y,k round 12: k3, k2tog, yo, kl1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sll-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, kl,ssk, k4 round 14: k2, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo,ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk,k3 round 16:k, ktog, yo,ktog yo,kl, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, sl-ktog-o, yo, ktog, yo, ktog, yo,k,yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2 round 18: k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo,ssk, yo, ssk, k2 round 2: k, ktog yo,ktog y, k yo, ssk y, ssk yo,sl-ktogpso,y, ktog y, ktog yo,kl y,ssk, yo, sk, yo,ssk
"Spider' (worked over 5 sts)
round 1: sl5 wyif, round 2: k all sts Repeat rounds 1 and 2 three times in total then work round 1 once more (7 rounds). round 8: k2, plk, k2 Abbreviations ssk: s12 sts $\mathbf{k}$ -wise onto the right-hand needl, slip them back onto the left-hand needle then knit into the back of the bothtogether k2tog: k2 sts together sll: sl 1 st p-wise: as if to purl $\mathbf{k}$ wise: as if to knit plk: insert the right hand needle into the four loose sts from the bottom up, slip the next st ofthe left hand needle and with it still on the right hand needle insert the right hand needle back down through the four loose sts from the top; sl the st (which should have picked up the four loose sts into a gather) onto the left hand needle and purl this sts. wyf: with yarn in front psso: pass slipped st over sl2-k3tog-p2so: sl 2 sts knit wise, k3tog, pass both slipped sts over (decrease of four sts) .loutheperson is louisa sisson who resides in south east london This pattern is part of the Loumms Year of Socks and should only be distributed by permission of the designer. Questions and comments should be directed to loummsmail@googlemail.com
