Maren Mitts by Kristin Drysdale

Maren Mitts

Knitting
February 2018
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in colowork
US 0 - 2.0 mm
160 - 180 yards (146 - 165 m)
Women's one size fits most
English
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These happy fingerless mitts are knit with 2 colors at a time. The simple addition of some embroidered flowers and French knots make them look much more complicated than they really are to knit.

Maren Mitts were designed for those in-between days that are too warm for mittens but too cold for bare hands. These whimsical mitts are embroidered with crocus, the late-winter flowers that tell us spring is just around the corner.

Size
Woman’s Mitt - One size fits most.
Finished measurements 4” x 8” (10 cm x 20 cm)

Yarn
Jamieson Spindrift
1 skein Granite SP 122 (Main Color)
1 skein white SP-104 (Main Contrasting Color)
1 skein Admiral Navy SP-727
1 bluebell SP-665
1 skein Cobalt SP-684
1 skein Scotch broom SP-1160 (only for embroidery)

Needles
US 0 (2.0mm) double-pointed needles

Notions
Darning Needle

Gauge and Swatch
30 stitches x 32 rows equals 4 inches/10 cm

Knit in the round with a thumb gusset. This mitt is a fun knit.
The icing on the cake- Embroidered lazy daisy stitches and French knots

Skills used
Long-tail cast on
Joining in the round
DPN skills
Colorwork in the round
Gusset increases (backward loop)
Picking stitches up and kniting
Binding off with decreases
French knots
Lazy daisy embroidery