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Amy, the ambitious artist.

She is determined, intelligent, and works hard to improve herself at school.

As the youngest, she is very aware of the grown up world around her and learns to see life in practical terms.

She sets high, though realistic, goals for herself and strives to achieve them by channeling her talents into the fine arts.

She ultimately marries for love rather than money. Together she and Laurie share their prosperity with those in need.

Her strength and beauty are refined.

For Amy’s design I chose flowers like those she learned to paint, lacey motifs everywhere to symbolize her elegant taste, and a jeweled bracelet to symbolize her ambition.

Size
8.25”/ 21 cm circumference around palm. 10.7”/ 27 cm long from tip to picot edge.

Supplies
Yarn
Kelbourne Woolens Camper (Fingering weight; 100% Wool, 50g/ 200 yds/ 183 m)
Sample shown in Natural (CC) and Coral Heather (MC).

1 hank each in CC and MC

Alternative Yarn
Fingering weight, approximately: 144 yds/ 132 m in MC and 128 yds/ 117 m in CC.
Alternative yarn requirements are approximate estimates. Final quantities will be determined by your personal tension, any modifications you make to the pattern, and your specific yarn. Always have a little more yarn available than you think you’ll need.

Needles
US 0/ 2 mm, 32”/80 cm length for Magic Loop or 5 DPNS

Notions
Tapestry needle, removable marker, approximately 18”/ 46 cm slippery fingering weight waste yarn for CO and thumb hole, extra set of US 0 needles (or similar size).

Gauge
34 sts x 37 rows in 4”/10 cm in stranded colorwork from the Left or Right Mitten Chart pattern (page 12-13). Gauge measurement is based on knitting in the round. Gauge can differ when knitting flat versus in the round. Measure item flat after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
The Amy March Mittens are worked from the cuff to the fingertips. The cuffs begin with a provisional CO and the picot edge. The CO sts are moved to the spare needles, the CO edge is folded inside the rnd and up to meet the working rnd of sts on your main needle. The CO sts and the working sts are knit together to complete the picot edge. Next, a right leaning Latvian braid is worked, followed by the Cuff colorwork chart, and a left leaning Latvian braid. The hand colorwork is knit according to either the Left or Right Hand chart. The thumb sts are placed on hold via the afterthought thumb method while the hand is worked. When the hand is complete, the thumb sts are picked up, the waste yarn removed, and the thumb worked according to the Thumb chart.