Made for my son who is 8 years old, who found this yarn at a craft fair and asked me to make mittens. They fit his hands nicely. I cannot take credit for this pattern, it is based on the StarStruck Mittens, which is available for free on Ninapetrina’s Creative Corner. I have subtracted the star pattern and converted the measurements to inches for American knitters. In addition, I used the Kitten Knits thumb technique which uses waste yarn to pick up live stitches as an afterthought.
Materials:
DK weight yarn
US size 4 DPN’s
waste yarn in contrasting color
scissors
darning needle
abbreviations:
CO – cast on
K – knit
K2P2 – knit 2 purl 2 (rib stitch)
K2to – knit 2 together (decrease)
Hand:
CO 40
K2p2 2″
K 12 rows
K3 pick up 1 k2 pick up 1 k
K 2 rows
K3 pick up 1 k4 pick up 1 k
K 1 row
K2, k8 onto waste yarn, put those 8 stitches back on left need and knit across
K2to before and after waste yarn 2 rows
K to 7″ from cast on edge
K6 k2to repeat across row
K
K5 k2to repeat across row
K
Continue to decrease this way until 10 stitches remain
K2to across
Cut yarn and thread through live stitches
Thumb:
Pick up stitches from waste yarn and one from either side of hole
Knit in the round for 2″
K2to around until 5 stitches remain
Cut yarn and thread through
Repeat for second mitten
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