Soleado mitts by The Feathered Whale Knits

Soleado mitts

Knitting
April 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette, unblocked
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
205 - 255 yards (187 - 233 m)
S, M, L
English
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Bright as a summer day, those fingerless mitts are perfect to cheer up this chilly spring! I have always loved South American fabrics (Peruvian, Aztec, Andeans, etc…), and they inspired me to create these… Also, I was really in the mood for bright colors after this looooooong winter!

Knit from the bottom up, they use stranded colorwork with a tiny tiny bit of three colors at the same time (only 3 rows!)

They are worn with almost no ease.
Size small (pictured) fits a forearm circumference of 7”, wrist 6”.
Medium fits forearm 7,5”, wrist 6,5”.
Large fits forearm 8”, wrist 7”.

If you have never knitted stranded before, the pattern contains links to several videos showing the techniques used in details.

Pattern contains both charts and written instructions when applicable.

Yardage:
MC: 60yds ; 70yds ; 80yds
CC1: 35yds ; 38yds ; 42yds
CC2: 46yds ; 50yds ; 55yds
CC3:46yds ; 50yds ; 55yds
CC4: 18yds; 20yds; 23yds

Thanks to my wonderful testers JaimeLouise , kaffleck and Juliemross