Wandering Around Mitts by Firefly Fibers

Wandering Around Mitts

Knitting
July 2018
DK (11 wpi) ?
5 stitches = 1 inch
in Stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
180 yards (165 m)
one size
English
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Knit around and around and around to create perfect stripes (no jogs here) with helical knitting!

Our Wandering Around Mitts (designed for the 2018 Wandering Ewe Yarn Crawl) are the perfect introduction to helical knitting.

Knit from the hand edge to the arm, the mitt length is easily customizable and Brooklyn Tweed’s Arbor palette provides endless color combinations!

YARN
Arbor by Brooklyn Tweed (100% Montana & South Dakota-grown Targhee wool—145 yards) in 2 colors – 1 skein MC (Parka) and 1 skein CC (Dorado),
or approximately 120 yards of MC and 60 yards of CC in an equivalent DK weight yarn.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 5/3.75mm dpns (or needles for preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the round), or size needed to obtain pattern gauge.

GAUGE
5 sts = 1” in stockinette stitch in the round.

FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 11” long (12” without ribbing folded over) and 8” hand/arm circumference - mitts will fit an average adult hand.