The Shetland Islands are known for their Shetland Sheep and Shetland wool. This fanciful pair of sheep adorned fingerless mitts is named Lerwick (pronounced Ler-ick), the principal town on the Shetland Islands.
The body of the mitt is worked in Tunisian crochet in the round and the ribbing is straight Tunisian crochet.
In this pattern, different sizes are created by changing gauge. Two sizes are gauged for a finished mitt hand circumference of: Small-Medium (8 ¼”) and Medium-Large (9”). A 3mm hook generally works for the smaller size and a 3.25mm for the larger size.
These mitts work up well in superwash yarn that contains 20-25% nylon to keep the mitts from stretching. If using a none superwash yarn, you may find you need to reduce the hook size slightly (0.25mm) to match gauge.
Color 1 requires 80-90 yards of fingering weight/sock yarn. The contrast color requires 80-90 yards. The ribbing color requires 90-100 yards.
This pattern is also available in an eBook containing eight colorwork fingerless mitt patterns for the price of five. Coorie: Tunisian Crochet Fingerless Mitts