Desperado Mitty by Angela Myers
These mitts are knit from the fingers to the cuff. They work great with a Self-Striping or Variegated yarn. Of course, they'll still be pretty in a solid or tonal as well. Yarn: Fingering Weight Yarn. Sample used Biscotte & Cie Felix Self-Striping. Needles: Circular or double pointed needles required for your preferred method of smallcircumference knitting in the round, US2 (2.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge. Gauge: 8 stitches per inch, 10 rows per inch in stockinette stitch. Other materials needed: Waste yarn or stitch holders, darning needle, stitch markers Finished size will fit hands from 6.5-7.5 (7.5-8.5) inches in circumference. Heel Flap: Cast on 20\* stitches. Join to work in the round. Knit 4 rounds. (YO, K2tog) around. Knit 4 rounds. Knit 1 round, knitting each stitch together with stitch from the cast on. This can also be done using a provisional cast on. Then you would carefully knit one live stitch together with one provisional cast on stitch. Knit until the thumb is 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) or desired length. Place all thumb stitches on waste yarn or spare needles until needed later. Break yarn, leaving enough of a tail to graft 4 stitches and weave in ends. \* If you need your thumb to be larger than 2.5 inches (about 6 cm), add stitches in increments of 2. This ensures continuity of the picot edging.
Hand:
Both Mitts: Cast on 52 (60) stitches\*. Place beginning of round marker if desired, and join to work in the round. (Again, this can be done using a provisional cast on) Knit 5 rounds. (YO, K2tog) around. Knit 5 rounds. Knit 1 round, knitting each stitch together with one stitch from the cast on. Knit 2 rounds. \*If you need your hand circumference to be larger than 6.5-7 inches (16.5-17.8 cm), then add stitches in increments of 2. This ensures continuity of the picot edging. These stitches will become additional stockinette stitches in the hand. For example, if you need an 8 inch (20 cm) circumference mitt, cast on 64 stitches. The lace panel consumes 15 stitches, so the remaining 49 stitches will be stockinette, rather than the 37 stitches with a 52 stitch cast on. This pattern is for personal use. Please do not reproduce or distribute or sell it without the permission of the author. Begin working chart as follows. Mitt 1: Knit 11 (15) stitches, Place Marker, work appropriate row of chart, Knit to end of round. Continue in this manner until hand reaches desired length to thumb joint. (If working mitts seperately, make a note of the chart row for ease of completing Mitt 2) Mitt 2: Work appropriate row of chart, Knit to end of round. Continue in this manner until hand reaches desired length to thumb joint. (if working mitts sepeprately, this would be the chart row noted during Mitt 1)
Stitch Glossary:
K: Knit. P: Purl. SSK: Slip one stitch as if to Knit, Slip one stitch as if to Purl, Knit these two stitches together through the back leg. K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together. YO: Yarn Over S: Slip one stitch as if to Purl S2tog-K1-P2SSO: Slip 2 sts as if to Knit, Knit 1 SKYP: Slip 1, Knit 1, YO, Pass Slipped Stitch Over 2 stitches. SM: Slip Marker This pattern is for personal use. Please do not reproduce or distribute or sellit without the permission of the author.
Stitches k p yo k2tog ssk s2tog-k1-p2sso Round 1:P3,[k3,p3] twice. Round 2:P3,k3,yo,s2tog-k1-p2ss0,yo,k3,p3. Round 3: P3, k9, p3. Round 4:P3,k1,ssk,yo,k3,yo,k2tog,k1,p3. Round 5: P3,k9, p3. Rounds 6-9:Repeat rows 2-5. Round 10: P3, k3, yo, s2tog-k1-p2sso, yo, k3, p3. Round 11:P3,[k3,p3] twice. Round 12: P1, ssk,yo, k3,p3,k3, yo,k2tog,p1. Round 13: [P2,k4,p1] twice,p1. Round 14:P2,k1,yo,k2tog,k1,p3,k1,ssk,yo,k1,p2. Round 15: [P2,k4, p1] twice, p1. Rounds16-19:Repeatrows12-15. Round 20:P1,ssk,yo,k3,p3,k3,yo,k2tog,p1. This patern is for personal use. Please do not reproduce or distribute or sellit without the permission of the author.
