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HINDA MITTENS
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The houndstooth check traces its origins to ancient Scandinavian cloaks, then to the 
peasantwear of Scottish lowlands, and later to the sporting outerwear of the leisure classes - before becoming a staple of 
1980s power blazers.

It is traditionally a 
woven, and rather sombre motif. But here in a knitted fabric and 
with mittenesque proportions it attains a whimsical fluidity - 
while the slip-stitch colourwork adds a subtle surface texture.



Playful and simple, yet visually nuanced, the Hinda Mittens 
 offer a bite-sized introduction to slip stitch colourwork and are 
the second pattern in the Mosaic Mitting Club
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MATERIALS & INFORMATION

YARN

suitable for fingering to sport weight yarns,
approximately 300-400m per 100g

project requires up to 50g of each colour
samples shown in
Folklore Yarns Banbha
Folklore Yanrs Lore



SIZING
with 
fingering weight yarns:
to fit hand circumference of 15-18cm/6-7” 


with sport weight yarns:
to fit hand circumference of 17-20cm/7-8” 



GAUGE


with fingering weight yarns:
40 sts x 63 rounds = 10cm/ 4” x 10cm/ 4”

with 
sport weight yarns:
36 sts x 57 rounds = 10cm/ 4” x 10cm/ 4”



NEEDLES
circular needle, 2-2.5mm in diameter,
or as needed to meet gauge for main fabric


NOTIONS

removable stitch markers, tapestry needle, scrap yarn, measuring tape



CONSTRUCTION
worked cuff-up, with ‘Peasant’ (afterthought) Thumb


, which is integrated into the colourwork pattern

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

slip stitch colour-work (mosaic knitting); Kitchener Stitch (grafting);
 unraveling scrap yarn and picking up live stitches