CHUNKY MITTENS
Size: 8-10 years
Materials:
85g chunky weight wool (main
color)
small amount contrast
set of four 3.5mm needles (US
4)
RIGHT MITTEN
With set of four 3.5mm needles
cast on 34 sts, join in round.
Work 14 rounds in K1, P1 rib.
Next round: Knit
Next round: Knit 20 sts,M1, K1,
M1,Knit to end of round
Next round: Knit
Next round: Knit 20 sts, M1,
K3, M1, Knit to end of round
Next round: Knit
Next round: Knit 20, M1, K5,
M1, Knit to end of round
(40 sts on needles)
Knit 4 rounds.
Next round: Knit 20, place next
7 sts on a stitch holder, cast
on 7 sts to replace sts on
holder, knit to end of round.
Knit 3 rounds.
Next round: K2 mc, K1 contrast
(C),( K3 mc, K1C)
to last st, K1mc.
Next round: (K1mc, K1C,) to end
of round
Next round: (K1C, K3 mc) to end
of round
Next round: (K1 mc, K1C) to end
of round.
Next round: K2mc, K1C, ( K3
mc,K1C) to last st, K1 mc.
Next round: (K1mc, K1C) to end
of round
Next round: (K1C, K3mc) to end
of round.
Break off contrast yarn.
K8 rounds.
DECREASE FOR TOP
Next round: K1, K2tog
tbl(through back loop),K14,
K2tog, K2, K2tog tbl, K14, K2
tog, K1
Next round: Knit
Next round: K1, K2 tog tbl,
K12, K2 tog, K2, K2 tog tbl,
K12, K2 tog, K1
Next round: Knit
Continue to decrease in this
manner until12 sts remain. K 1 round.
Divide the sts evenly on 2
needles and graft top.
THUMB
Knit the 7 sts off st holder,
then pick up 7 sts evenly around the
hole for the thumb. Divide on 3
needles and knit 14 rounds.
K2 tog all the way around, then
draw the yarn through the
remaining 7 sts and pull up.Cut
yarn leaving an end 6 inches long.
( you can use this to reinforce
the thumb hole
from the inside of the mitten.)
LEFT MITTEN
Exactly the same as the right
but begin the thumb increase after 33sts.,
instead of 20.
This
pattern is copyrighted as a Rachel Hooper
originalİ
1999, all rights reserved.
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