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- These stunning mittens are inspired by both Nordic and Shetland traditional style mittens and feature a dramatic 8-pointed flower motif and a deep decorative cuff. The mittens are knitted in the round using stranded colour work technique throughout. The main hand is knitted in two strongly contrasting shades and the cuff uses the background shade of the hand along with a third, also contrasting shade.
The mittens are knitted in Susan Crawford Excelana DK weight wool, a robust yet soft yarn perfect for colour work mitten knitting. They are knitted in the round from the cuff up. Four sizes are achieved by matching gauge to that for the appropriate size mittens and charted instructions are provided.A yarn kit is available to accompany this pattern.
The pattern contains clear written instructions as well as charted instructions and clear schematic diagrams. - Sizing
The mitten pattern comes in 4 sizes and are designed to be worn with 3-5cm (1-2in) of positive width-wise ease.
Yarn
Susan Crawford Excelana DK, 100% British wool (247m / 270yds per 100g skein)
1 skein, shade Snowdrop - Yarn A
1 skein, shade Cinnamon - Yarn B
1 skein, shade Bellflower - Yarn C
Gauges
Size One: 27 sts and 29 rows = 10cm(4in) measured over stranded colourwork pattern knitted in the round, after blocking. We obtained this gauge using 3.25mm needles.
24 sts and 24 rows = 10cm(4in) measured over Bird's Eye pattern knitted flat, Size Two: 26 sts and 28 rows = 10cm(4in) measured over stranded colourwork pattern knitted in the round, after blocking. We obtained this gauge using 3.5mm needles.
Size Three: 24 sts and 26 rows = 10cm(4in) measured over stranded colourwork pattern knitted in the round, after blocking. We obtained this gauge using 3.75mm needles.
Size Four: 22 sts and 24 rows = 10cm(4in) measured over stranded colourwork pattern knitted in the round, after blocking. We obtained this gauge using 4mm needles. - Knitting in the round; Stranded colourwork; Mitten construction; Thumb gusset; Blocking
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