Prairie Meadow Mitts by Kalurah Hudson

Prairie Meadow Mitts

Knitting
July 2023
DK (11 wpi) ?
1 repeat = 4 inches
in cable pattern in the round: 23 stitches & 31 rnds = 3”/7.6 cm wide x 4”/10 cm tall, blocked
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
4.0 mm (G)
120 yards (110 m)
One size
English
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Design
Designed to accompany the Prairie Meadow Hat.
These highly textured mitts are worked in the round from the bottom-up. Featuring twisting cables that open up into beautiful lilies with crocheted bobbles inside. Narrow inserts of simple lace mirror the center cable. These mitts feature a ribbed thumb gusset. The pattern is written in ONE ADULT SIZE but will fit an average adult-sized hand circumference. The pattern is charted and also includes separate written instructions.

Yarn
Note: Yardage does not include a gauge swatch
Approx. 120 yards/110 m of DK weight yarn (The sample is shown in Miss Babs Killington in “White Peppercorn”.

Needles
Hand US #5/3.75 mm circular needles, 32”/81 cm for working Magic Loop in the round
Cuff US #3/3.25 mm circular needles, 32”/81 cm for working Magic Loop in the round, or needle 2 sizes smaller than the size you make gauge in

Notions
Stitch marker for BOR
4 mm Crochet Hook
Tapestry Needle
Blocking Materials

Gauge
Cable pattern (blocked):
Worked in the round on US 5 (4 mm) needles
23 stitches & 31 rnds = 3”/7.6 cm wide x 4”/10 cm tall

Finished Measurements
(Laying flat, blocked)
Mitt Circumference: Wrist: 6”/15 cm, Hand: 6.5”/ 16.5 cm
Length: 7”/18 cm
Note: Mitts will fit from a 6”/15 cm to an 8”/20 cm wrist circumference.

Special Stitches used
SKPSO (left-leaning double decrease)
K2tog
SSK
YO
P3tog

Techniques used

  • Working Magic Loop or on Dpn’s
  • Increases for thumb gusset
  • Longtail Tubular Cast-on (video link in pattern)
  • Crochet Bobble (video link in pattern)
  • Intermediate Cables
  • Simple lace

Pattern Difficulty
Intermediate