Birthday mitts by Charlotte Monckton

Birthday mitts

Knitting
December 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
110 - 155 yards (101 - 142 m)
medium (large)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This pattern was part of a gift for knitters who attended my 50th birthday party on 14th December 2013. Since then I have received requests to make it available via ravelry… so I have!

If you enjoy this pattern, please consider donating £1 (or more) to Cancer Research UK or to a similar cancer charity in your own country.

Construction

These mitts are knit from fingers to wrist. The thumb is knit first, then the main part of the mitt, joining in the thumb at the appropriate point.

Yarn requirements

Skein Queen Voluptuous Skinny in three colours:
23 metres (25 yards) colour A (teal)
50 metres (55 yards) colour B (brown)
83 metres (91 yards) colour C (taupe)

Or a total of 160 metres (175 yards) of any heavy sock/light sport weight yarn which knits to gauge.