New mittens
Finished
November 9, 2014
December 7, 2014

New mittens

Project info
Smartphone Friendly Mitts by Dieuwke Schack-Mulligen
Knitting
HandsConvertible
Me
Medium
Needles & yarn
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
Stray Cat Socks Self Striping Sock
0.8 skeins = 349.6 yards (319.7 meters), 80 grams
Notes

Gauge on 2.5
34 sts and 44 rows
2.75s
30sts and

Originally CO for the small size on 2.75mm needles but after knitting the cuff, realised they would be far too small. Ripped back and CO the medium on 2.5mm, which fit pretty perfectly.

I omitted the buttonhole on the thumb as I don’t want a big hole in my thumb, and I can use my phone fine with just my fingers. I will also be using the method of attaching the mitten shell from the Broad Street mittens, as I know I would lose the mitten shell if attached just with buttons.

I wanted my mitten shell to be attached to the glove so I made it more like the Broad Street shell.
CO 30 sts. I used tubular but long tail would also work.
K 11 rows
Divide onto two needles
Pick up 28 sts across knuckles of mitten. Be careful to make sure you pick up starting from the centre of the pinky or your shell will not hang straight.
With working yarn, K across picked up stitches, dividing onto two needles as you go.
Knit across the stitches you just ribbed, joining to work in the round.
Increase one stitch in the ladder before the picked up stitches. K28. Inc 1, K to end. Place marker for beginning of round (60 sts total)
K for 32 rounds. Try on. You don’t want to start the star decrease before you’ve knit just past your pinky.
Star decrease
K13, k2tog four times
K 1 rnd
k5, k2togrep to end of rnd 52 sts
K 5 rounds
k4, k2tog
rep to end of rnd
K 4 rounds
k3, k2togrep to end of rnd
K 3 rounds
k2, k2tog
rep to end of rnd
K 2 rounds even.
k1, k2togrep to end of rnd
K 1 round
K2tog
rep to end of rnd
Graft remaining 8 sts together

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by Stray Cat Socks
Fingering
75% Merino, 25% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: November 8, 2014
  • Finished: December 7, 2014
  • Updated: January 1, 2015
  • Progress updates: 5 updates