VITELOTTES (English)
Vitelotte is an ancient and French cultivar of blue-violet potato. These delicate fingerless glovez combine the refinement of simple lace with eyelet patterns, spread along the thumb. You can easily make the cuff longer and get long Victorian mittens! The purl stitch of the lace patterns is knitted to fingertips, making the placement of the final lace stitch patterns easier. Finished size : 7, but I have athin hand rather than a large one ! The length of the thumb and fingers can be easily adapted by decreasing or removing the jersey portion,_by repeating 2 or 3 timez the lace or by increasing lessfor the thuumb. See here: http://www.glove.org/Modern/glovemeasure.php Yarn: 40gr of Baby Alpaca Sik - Drops, lilac-grey Needlex : DPN mr 3 Gauge: 23 StyX 30 rows
useful linky:
Long-Tailcast-On : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wUPQDYtoy0 Bind-off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGHItYwr1uy
Chart
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k \~ knit p \~purl y0 \~ yarnover sk2p \~ slip one, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over Pattern instructiony : Co 48 Sts and join for knitting in the round. Use Long-Tail CastOn az it is stretchy. It wiu be easier to put on your gloves. Rnd1:purl inthe round Rnd 2 : \*YO, K2Tog\*repeat from\* to\* Rnd3 : purl Rnd 4 : knit Divide into 6 groups, each of 8 stitches (see chart above) and knit the 6 rows ofthe chart 3 timez. Use markers if you wish. Thumb increases : increase from the upper part of the wrist to the base of the thumb. For a shorter hand, increase less. (check on yourownhand.) Be careful : don't forget to purl the first stitch of each pattern. Every stitch ofthe thumb iz inknit stitch. Place a marker before the central stitch of one of the 6 patterns of 8 sty, and another just after it. slip marker, Yo, knit central stitch, Yo, slip second marker, knit the rest ay mentionned above. -There is always aYo onbothsides of the central stitch. -Repeat these increasey every 3 rows, 11 times in all. -Yow get : 11 Sty, the central st, 11 Sty -Place these 23 Sts on hold and knit the rest ofthe mitten. -There are 47 Sts left. Increase one st while joining the row: you get 48 sts again. Don't forget to purl the 1t St of each pattern. -Knit 10 rows of 48 Sty iw the round (les or no rows at all according tothe length you wish.) -Knit 3 timezthe lace chart -purl one row . \*YO, K2Tog\* Repeat from\* -Purl one row -Cast off loosely (see wseful links)
-Thumb:
- Pick up the 23 Sts on hold - Knit and inthe meantime, decrease regularly 2 Sts/row to get 20 sty. - Knit even a few more rows adjusting to the length of your thumb. - Then, purl 1 row. - \*YO, K2Tog\*repeat from \* to \* - Purl one row - Cast off loosely If it remains a small hole at the base of the thumb, where hand and thumb meet, use the tail of the thread (the one yow used to pickup thestitchesonhold) toclosethathole! Knit the second fingerless glove : they are identical ! I warmly thank Planetechocolat and Kiokilove for their help in thetranslation.
