Hail Bathory by Anna Ekstrand

Hail Bathory

Knitting
September 2025
yarn held together
Sport
= Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 7 - 4.5 mm
459 yards (420 m)
Men´s medium
English
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Mittens for Metal fans!
Bathory was a 1980´s swedish Black Metal band, considered pioneers of the genre. I was inspired by the cover of their first album Bathory.

Gauge:
Gauge 21 st and 27 rows gives 10cm x 10cm gives you a mitten size men´s medium. For
smaller mittens use a yarn with tighter gauge, and for larger mittens use a larger gauge.

Needles:
4,5 mm double pointed needles or circular needle. Or the needle size you need for your choice
of yarn and gauge.

Yarn:
2 threads of Kampes 2-tr (300m/100g)

Meterage:
Approx. 210 m (held double) in each color will be sufficient.

You also need:
1 m (held double) for the eyes.
Scrap yarn for the live stitches in the thumb gussets.
Needle