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Whit’s Knits: Pretty Lace Hand Warmers
March 22, 2008

The Materials
• 1 skein of The Sheep Shop Yarn Company’s Sheep Number Three, 30% silk and 70% wool. (This is color number F066, “Cotton Candy.) One skein is enough to make at least three pairs of hand warmers.
• 1 set of US#5 double pointed needles. I used Lantern Moon’s ebony needles.

Gauge
4 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in lace pattern
6 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette stitch

Finished Size
Fit most women’s hands

The Pattern
Cast on 30 stitches to 3 double pointed needles (10 stitches on each needle). Join for working in the round, being careful to not twist the stitches.
Note: This lace pattern is very easy to follow, but is even easier if, for Round 2, you start every needle with a yarn over and, for Round 4, youend every needle with a yarn over.
Round 1: Knit
Round 2: Yo, k2tog, repeat from to end of round.
Round 3: Knit
Round 4: Ssk, yo, repeat from to end of round.
Repeat Rounds 1-4 two more times.
Repeat Rounds 1-3 one time.
Next round: Ssk, yo, repeat from to last 2 stitches, k2.

Knitting the Thumb Hole
This section will be worked back and forth, not in the round. To do that, turn the work so that the inside of the hand warmer is facing you, so that the first stitch you’re about to knit is the one you just knit.

Row 1: K2, p to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 2: K2, yo, k2tog, repeat from to last 2 stitches, k2.
Row 3: Repeat Row 1.
Row 4: K2, ssk, yo, repeat from to last 2 stitches, k2.
Repeat Rows 1- 4 two more times.

Knitting the Rest of the Palm
After Row 4, do not turn the work, instead join for working in the round again.

Round 1: Knit
Round 2: Yo, k2tog, repeat from to end of round.
Round 3: Knit
Round 4: Ssk, yo, repeat from to end of round.
Repeat Rounds 1-4 three more times.
Knit 4 rounds.
For the right hand warmer, finish 7 stitches before the end of the last round. For the left hand warmer, finish the fourth round, then knit 7 morestitches.

Knitting the Cuff
Turn the work for knitting back and forth again.
Row 1: Purl into the back loop (pbl), p to last stitch, pbl.
Row 2: K1, k2tog, k3, make 1 right (m1R), k6 2 times, make 1 left (m1L), k6, m1L, k3, ssk, k1. (32 stitches)
To m1R, pick up the bar between the last stitch you knit and the one you’re about to knit, bringing the needle from the back to the front.

Then knit into the front of this stitch.

To m1L, pick up the bar between the stitch you knit and the one you’re about to knit, bringing the needle from front to back.

Then knit into the back of the stitch.

Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: K1, k2tog, k2, m1R, k7, m1R, k8, m1L, k7, m1L, k2, ssk, k1. (34 stitches)
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: K1, K2tog, k1, m1R, k8, m1R, k10, m1L, k8, m1L, k1, ssk, k1. (36 stitches)
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: K1, k2tog, k to last 3 stitches, ssk, k1. (34 stitches)
Row 9: Knit
Row 10: Repeat Row 8. (32 stitches)
Row 11: Knit
Row 12: Bind off, leaving the last stitch on the needle.

Pick up 12 stitches down the right side of the cuff. (13 stitches on the needle: 12 picked up + 1 from the bind off)

Pick up 1 stitch between the 2 sides of the cuff.
And pick up 13 more stitches up the side of the cuff. (27 stitches)

Next row: K12, slip 1, k2tog, pass the slipped stitch over, k12. (25 stitches)
Bind off and sew in the ends. Done!

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