Manitou Springs Mittens by Jesie Ostermiller

Manitou Springs Mittens

Knitting
May 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
27 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in cable patt on larger needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
430 yards (393 m)
Sizes 7½ (8¾ )" hand circumference and 10½ " long; shown in size 7½ "
English
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Jesie Ostermiller

MITTENS

Sizes 7½ (8¾ )“ hand circumference and 10½ “ long; shown in size 7½ “

Yarn Lorna’s Laces Haymarket (100% wool; 215 yd 197 m/ 100 g):
knitscene verdigris (green; MC), 1 skein
knitscene columbine blossom (pink/yellow; CC), 1 skein

Gauge 27 sts and 24 rnds = 4” in cable patt on larger needles

Tools

Size 4 (3.5 mm): set of double-pointed needles (dpn)
Size 6 (4 mm): set of dpn
Marker (m)
Cable needle (cn)
Waste yarn for thumb
Tapestry needle

See www.knittingdaily.com/glossary for terms you don’t know.

Notes

These mittens are worked in the round from the cuff to the tip with waste yarn thumbs. The stripes swirl in opposite directions on each mitten.