Spring has Arrived by Brenda Green

Spring has Arrived

Knitting
November 2016
Light Fingering ?
28 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
Small, medium and large
English
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Spring has Arrived is a hat and fingerless mitten set that is knitted flat and includes instructions for knitting the hat in the round.
Sizes - approximately
Head Circumference S M L
Cm 50 54 58
Ins 19.75 21.25 23
Hand Circumference
Cm 18 19 20
Ins 7 7.5 8
Length of finished mitten
Cm 18 19 20
Ins 7 7.5 8
Materials required
White Gum Wool - 100% merino, 472m/516yds per 100g skein
Mittens knitted flat
1 pair of 2..75mm needles or a 60cm circular needle
1 pair of 2.50mm needles or a 60cm circular needle
1 x 2..50mm cable needle
Wool needle for sewing up
Hat knitted flat
1 pair of 2.75mm needles
1 pair of 3.25mm needles
1 x 2.75mm cable needle
Wool needle for sewing up
Hat knitted in the round
1 x 2.75mm 40cm circular needle
1 x 3.25mm 40cm circular needle
1 set of 3.25mm double pointed needles
1 x 2.75 cable needle
1 stitch marker
Wool needle for sewing up
Note - Using a different yarn other than the one
suggested may give an unsatisfactory result

Tension (Gauge)
Mittens
32 sts and 48 rows to 10cm over stst on 2.75mm needles
Hat
28 sts and 44 rows to 10cm over stst on 3.25mm needles

Abbreviations
C4B - slip next 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at back of work, work next 2 stitches off left hand needle, then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle, cm - centimetres, ins - inches, k - knit, k2tog - knit 2 stitches together, m1L - make 1 stitch left, m1R - make 1 stitch right, meas - measures, p - purl, rep - repeat, rm - round marker, Ssk - slip, slip, knit, srm - slip round marker,
st(s) - stitch(es).