Ready...
fingerless mitts
by Veuf Tricot
SIZES
ABBREVIATIONS
READY, STEADY, GO!
These Ready mitts are ideal for winter running. Pop them on while you're warming up and your hands won't freeze, while your fingers are still free to adjust laces, watch and so on. The beauty of fingerless mitts is also that you don't need a pocket when your hands are warm. I usually just slip my thumbs out and slide them up my wrist to make a woolly sweatband. The mitts are quick to knit up and both the rib and pattern are sufficiently stretchy to give a close fit, without squashing fingers. This is the first of the three Ready, Steady, Go! patterns and the Steady Hat will bereleased soon. To fit hand circumference (measured above thumb) up to: 17 (18.5, 20, 22) cm [6.75 (7.25, 8, 8.75) in] Actual hand circumference: 14.5 (16, 17.5, 19) cm [5.75 (6.25, 7, 7.5) in] Actual length: 17.5cm [7in] (Length is easily adjusted within the pattern by varying the length of the cuffs - if you make them much longer, more yarn may be required)
YARN
Fyberspates MCN Sport (sport or heavy 4ply weight; 80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon; 265m/100g skeins) Ready Red for Refuge; 1 x 100g skein
NEEDLES&ACCESSORIES
1 set 3.25mm [UK 10/US 3] doublepointed needles (or your preferred needles for working small diameters in the round) 1 set 3.75mm [UK 9/US 5] doublepointed needles (or your preferred needles for working small diameters in the round) Stitch markers Waste yarn for holding stitches
TENSION
26 sts and 40 rows to 10cm x 10cm [4in x 4in] over texture stitch pattern using 3.75mm needles K: Knit P: Purl st(s): Stitch(es) slm: Slip marker M1: Make 1 stitch. Lift strand between stitches from front to back onto left needle. Knit this loop through the back. M1P: Make 1 stitch purlwise. Lift strand between stitches from front to back onto left needle. Purl this loop through the back.
PATTERN NOTES
1 skein of Fyberspates MCN Sport is sufficient to make 2 pairs of mitts at the standard length, in all hand sizes.
MITTS
MAKE TWO ALIKE
Using 3.25mm needles, cast on 38 (42, 46, 50) sts. Distribute the sts over your needles as desired, and join to work in the round, taking care not to twist your sts. Place marker for start of round. Round 1: \*K1, P1; repeat from \* to end of round. Last round sets 1x1 rib. Continue to work in rib until cuff measures 5cm [2in] from cast-on edge (work a longer cuffif desired). hn+75mr noodlor Round 2: \*K1, P1; repeat from \* to end of round. Round 3: Knit. Round 4: \*P1, K1; repeat from \* to end of round. Last 4 rounds set texture pattern. Repeat rounds 1-4 once more.
THUMB GUSSET
Round 9: K18 (20, 22, 24), place stitch marker, M1, K1, M1, place stitch marker, knit to end of round. 40 (44, 48, 52) sts. Round 10: Work in pattern to marker, slm, K3, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 11: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1P, K1, M1P, K1, slm, knit to end. 42 (46, 50, 54) sts. Round 12: Work in pattern to marker, slm, [K1, P1] twice, K1, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 13: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1, P1, K1, P1, M1, K1, slm, knit to end. 44 (48, 52, 56) sts. Round 14: Work in pattern to marker, slm, K2, P1, K1,P1, K2, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 15: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1P, [K1, P1] twice, K1, M1P, K1, slm, knit to end. 46 (50, 54, 58) sts. Round 16: Work in pattern to marker, slm, [K1, P1] 4 times, K1, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 17: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1, [P1, K1] 3 times, P1, M1, K1, slm, knit to end. 48 (52, 56, 60) sts. Round 18: Work in pattern to marker,
15cm [6in] from cast-on edge, ending with any round except round 28. Change to 3.25mm needles. Next round: \*K1, P1; repeat from \* to end of round. Last round sets 1x1 rib. Continue to work in rib until mitt measures 17.5cm [7in] from cast-on edge (work a longer cuff if desired). Change to 3.75mm needles. Cast off all sts.
slm, K2, [P1, K1] 3 times, P1, K2, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 19: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1P, [K1, P1] 4 times, K1, M1P, K1, slm, knit to end. 50 (54, 58, 62) sts. Round 20: Work in pattern to marker, slm, [K1, P1] 6 times, K1, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 21: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1, [P1, K1] 5 times, P1, M1, K1, slm, knit to end. 52 (56, 60, 64) sts. Round 22: Work in pattern to marker, slm, K2, [P1, K1] 5 times, P1, K2, slm, work in pattern to end. You should now have 17 sts between the thumb markers. Round 23: Knit to marker, slm, K1, M1P, [K1, P1] 6 times, K1, M1P, K1, slm, knit to end. 54 (58, 62, 66) sts. Round 24: Work in pattern to marker, slm, [K1, P1] 8 times, K1, slm, work in pattern to end. Round 25: Knit to marker, slip next 17 sts to a piece of waste yarn, remove markers and cast on 1 st using the backwards loop method, knit to end of round. 38 (42, 46, 50) sts. Round 26: \*K1, P1; repeat from \* to end of round. Round 28: \*P1, K1; repeat from \* to end of round.
THUMB
Return 17 sts on waste yarn to 3.25mm needles. Round 1: [K1, P1] 8 times, K1, pick up and knit 3 sts from hand of glove. 20 sts. Join into the round and place marker for start of round. Round 2: \*K1, P1; repeat from \* to end of round. Last round sets 1x1 rib. Continue to work in rib until thumb measures 1.5cm [0.5in]. Change to 3.75mm needles. Cast off all sts.
FINISHING
Weave in all ends, paying particular attention to the base of the thumb, which may need neatening.
ABOUTREFUGE
CHARITY REGISTRATION NO. 277424 Refuge is a national charity for women and children who experience domestic violence, providing emergency accommodation and emotional and practical support. Since opening the world'sfirstwomen'ssafehousein London in 1971, Refuge has grown to become the UK's largest organisation of its kind, helping and supporting women and children experiencing domestic violence and acting as a national “lifeline' for up to 80,000 victims of domestic abuse every year. You can find out more about their work at: refuge.org.uk Freephone 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge: 08002000247
ABOUT VEUF TRICOT
Veuf Tricot is the world's most longsuffering knitting widower. Years of desperately trying to filter out knitting related babble have left him as a knitting idiot savant. Furthermore, demands on his time to be a knitwear photographer and model have driven him to run the London Marathon so that, with all of the training, he rarely looks photogenic. Clearly this has backfired as he now has to add knitwear design to his list of things never to breathe a word about to his work colleagues. Find out more about his travails from his occasional columns for Simply Knitting magazine, from his blog: www.jenacknitwear.typepad. com/veuf_tricot or follow him on Twitter as: @VeufTricot
