Funktastic by Mindy Abodeely

Funktastic

Knitting
November 2016
Sport (12 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
130 - 150 yards (119 - 137 m)
One size - fits most teens and adults
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Be sure to check out my pattern knit with Wonderland Yarns Mad Hatter, Fairytales Come True

Who doesn’t love a funky pair of mittens to brighten up a cold wintery day? Funktastic also has a fingerless option as well. One pack of Wonderland Yarn’s Mad Hatter mini-skeins will make 2 pairs of mittens! Whether you give them as gifts at the holidays or keep them for yourself, these are bound to be well-loved mittens.

Yarn
1 Wonderland Yarns Mad Hatter mini-skein pack (Shown in “Dark Rainbow Collection #53)
Scrap yarn to put thumb stitches on hold

Finished Dimensions
Mittens
Length from cuff to tip – 9.25 inches/23.5cm
Length from crook of thumb to tip of mittens – 4.25 inches/11cm
Circumference – 7 inches/18cm (with 3 inches/8cm positive ease)
Fingerless gloves
Length from cuff to top – 8.5 inches/20cm
Circumference – 7 inches/18cm (with 3 inches/8cm positive ease)

Needles
US 3/3.25mm double pointed needles or long circular needle for magic loop
US 5/3.75mm double pointed needles or long circular needle for magic loop

Notions

  • Stitch markers
  • Darning needle

Gauge
32 sts & 32 rows to 4 inches/10cm in stockinette stitch

Skills Used

  • knit
  • purl
  • work in-the-round
  • double pointed needles (dpns) or Magic Loop method
  • increase using make 1 left (m1l) & make 1 right (m1r)
  • decrease using slip slip knit (ssk) & knit 2 together (k2tog)