Kurzeme, Rucava, p 388 by Maruta Grasmane

Kurzeme, Rucava, p 388

Knitting
October 2012
Light Fingering ?
38 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
US 000 - 1.5 mm
US 00 - 1.75 mm
400 - 450 yards (366 - 411 m)
Adult - Medium (size is variable)
English Universal

This ethnographic mitten from Rucava is knit with five colors. The cuff uses only two colors at a time whereas the upper mitten uses five colors contemporaneously. Check your gauge in pattern before casting on. This colorful mitten is exemplary of the mittens from this region.

Rucava sits in the southwest corner of Latvia near the Baltic Sea and the border with Lithuania.

BDM 16377