Ailsa Craig Mittens by Mary Henderson

Ailsa Craig Mittens

Knitting
October 2017
Aran (8 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch on 4mm needles
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
624 yards (571 m)
one size
English German

WORKING IN three tweedy shades of blue, teal and yellow, Mary Henderson has created pretty, traditional Fair Isle patterning for her winter accessories set. It comprises a cosy cowl, a hat, and a pair of mittens. Mary has knitted her set using a beautiful worsted-weight alpaca yarn from The Border Mill in Scotland. Yarn quantities given (one skein of each colorway) will make all 3 projects.

SIZE
Circumference: 22cm (8.5 inches)
Length: 29cm(11 inches)

Mittens are worked in the round from the ribbed cuff with an afterthought thumb.

YARN
The Border Mill Alpaca Tweed (Heavy DK/ worsted weight; 100% alpaca; 190m/208yds per 100g skein)
A Mallard; 1 x 100g skein
B Peacock; 1 x 100g skein
C Golden Pear; 1 x 100g skein
Yarn quantities given will make all 3 projects. An extra skein each of yarns A and C may be required, as there was very little of these colours left when our samples were knitted.