Helping Hands Mittens by Elinor Brown

Helping Hands Mittens

Knitting
February 2010
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in charted colorwork
US 6 - 4.0 mm
S (M, L)
English
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Difficulty
Intermediate
Skills
Reading a chart, knitting in the round, knitting with two colors, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches.
Sizes
S (M, L)
Model shown in size S.
Finished measurements
Circumference: 7.25 (8.5, 9.75)“
Length: 8.5 (9.5, 10.5)”
Thumb top length: 2 (2.5, 3)“
Gauge
26 stitches and 28 rounds = 4” in charted colorwork pattern on US 6 (4 mm) needles
Yarn
Berroco Ultra Alpaca 50% alpaca, 50% wool; 215 yd (197 m); 100 g skein; color: #6289 Charcoal Mix (MC), #6201 Winter White (CC1), #6234 Cardinal (CC2), #6294 Turquoise Mix (CC3), 1 skein each.
Needles
US 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 32” long or 1 set US 6 (4 mm) DPNs
Notions
Stitch markers
Waste yarn
Tapestry needle