Bike Mitts by Christa Wales

Bike Mitts

Knitting
May 2018
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
5 stitches and 7 rows = 1 inch
in Stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
55 - 166 yards (50 - 152 m)
Toddler,child, youth, teen, small, medium, large
English
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein

The perfect fingerless mittens to keep you moving, whether you are biking, hiking, camping, or walking your dog. Quick and easy to make and sized for the whole family.
My children named these the Bike Mitts because they love wearing them while riding their bikes in the spring.

Sizes: Toddler (Child, Youth, Teen) Small, Medium, Large

Yarn: Lake Knit Yarns, Shoreline Worsted - 1 skein, 115 g = 211 yds/193 m (100% Eco processed Merino Yarn). Sample shown in Cosmic.

Yardage: 30 (35, 40, 50) 70, 80, 90 grams
55 (65, 73, 92) 130, 146, 166 yds/ 50 (59, 67, 84) 119, 134, 152 m

Needles: 4 -U.S. Size 4/3.5 mm DPNs OR preferred method for knitting in the round.

Gauge: 5 sts and 7 rows = 1 inch/2.5 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked.

Other Notions: waste yarn, darning needle

Final Measurements: mitten circumference - 4.75 (5.5, 6, 6.5) 7, 7.5, 8 inches
- 12.5 (14, 15, 16.5) 18, 19, 20.5 cm
Mitten length - 3 (3, 3.5, 3.5) 4, 4.5, 5 inches (from base of hand)
- 7.5 (7.5, 9, 9) 10, 11, 12.5) cm

Skills needed: Long-tail cast on, cable cast on, backward loop cast on, picking up stitches, knit, purl, bind off, I-cord bind off.