Andromeda Mittens by Emily Bujold

Andromeda Mittens

Knitting
October 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
20 stitches = 2 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
350 - 400 yards (320 - 366 m)
Women's medium
English

Construction Notes
During construction only MC & CC1 are carried. During finishing,CC2, CC3 and CC4 stitches are duplicate stitched.

On either thumb there is a place for you to place the year, and the mitten owners initials.

Materials
Fingering weight- Choose yarn in natural fibers with good stitch definition. Variegated and single-ply yarns look stunning.

Yardage is approximate:
150 yds of MC (Black- Background)
150 yds of CC1 (White- Stars)
20yds of CC2 (Dark Blue)
10 yds of CC3 (Medium Blue/ Purple)
5 yds of CC4 (Pink/Burgundy)

Notions
Scrap yarn to hold thumb stitches, 7 stitch markers, pointy tapestry needle

Pattern Style
Written with charts. 5 Page Pdf format.
This pattern was last updated January 2017

Difficulty
This is a challenging mitten design that depicts the Andromeda Galaxy. You should have experience with colorwork before making these. :)

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The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant thing you can see with the unaided eye. At 2.3 million light-years Andromeda is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way.


Thanks so much to my stellar testers PamonMars, kaebe and my tech editor offbeatchic. ♥

Warmly,

Emily Bujold
Made with Love and Science