Nikki’s Dragon Scale Mitts
January 10, 2007

THE MATERIALS
This pattern requires very few materials. Best of all I only used one skein! Here’s what you’ll need:
one skein Blue Sky’s Sport Weight 100% Alpaca
US size 3 double-pointed needles
two ring markers
one stitch holder

GAUGE
7 stitches per inch in Dragon Scale stitch pattern (To knit a gauge swatch, use the Dragon Scale stitch pattern below, Rounds 1 - 12)

CUFF
CO 48 stitches. Join into a round; be careful not to twist the stitches.
Purl 2 rounds, Knit 1 round.

BEGIN DRAGON SCALE STITCH PATTERN
Round 1: K1, M1, ssk, K5, K2tog, K4, M1, K1 K1, M1, K4, ssk, K5, K2tog, M1, K1, repeat section between , K3.
Round 2 and all even numbered rounds: knit.
Round 3: K1, M1, K2, ssk, K2, K2tog,K5, M1, K1 K1, M1, K5, ssk, K2, K2tog, K2, M1, K1, repeat section between, K3.
Round 5: K1, M1, K3, ssk, K2tog, K6, M1, K1 K1, M1, K6, ssk, K2tog, K3, M1, K1, repeat section between , K3.
Round 7: K1, M1, K4, ssk, K5, K2tog, M1, K1 K1, M1, ssk, K5, K2tog, K4, M1, K1, repeat section between, K3.
Round 9: K1, M1, K5, ssk, K2, K2tog, K2, M1, K1 K1, M1, K2, ssk, K2, K2tog, K5, M1, K1, repeat section between , K3.
Round 11: K1, M1, K6, ssk, K2tog, K3, M1, K1 K1, M1, K3, ssk, K2tog, K6, M1, K1, repeat section between, K3.
Round 12: Knit.
Repeat pattern rows 1 - 8.

BEGIN THUMB GUSSET INCREASE
Repeat Round 9, but a little different: K1, M1, K5, ssk, K2, K2tog, K2, M1, K1 K1, M1, K2, ssk, K2, K2tog, K5, M1, K1, repeat section between , K1, place marker, M1, K1, M1, place marker, K1. 50 stitches total.
Continue in Dragon Scale Stitch Pattern, inserting the phrase between the brackets , at the end of each odd-numbered round (substituting the bracketed phrase for the final “K3”). Continue until there are 17 stitches between the ring markers, ending with a pattern round. 65 stitches.
Knit one round.
Place 17 thumb stitches on a holder. These are the 17 stitches at the end of the last round. Rejoin the round; bridge the gap between the right and left sides of the thumb by casting on one stitch. 49 stitches.

TOP OF MITT
Continue in stitch pattern, ending with Round 12.
Purl 2 rounds.
Bind off loosely.

THUMB
Pick up 17 stitches from the holder, plus one stitch on either side of the thumb gusset. 19 stitches.
Knit 3 rounds.
Purl 2 rounds.
Bind off loosely.

Try it on!