Basic mittens
Finished
January 8, 2024
January 12, 2024

Basic mittens

Project info
0-746 Basic mittens by DROPS design
Knitting
HandsMittens
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca Bouclé
0.92 skeins = 140.9 yards (128.8 meters), 46 grams
Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Mondim
304
Sandnes Garn Sisu
Notes

(I heavily modified the pattern)

Cuff

  • Using 2.25mm, CO 57 sts.
  • 5 rows in white.
  • 5 rows of red.
  • 11 rows in white.

Mitten
Held boucle yarn double to create a warmer mitten

  • Switch to 4mm by repeating (K1, Sl 1 st knitwise, K1, Psso) (38 sts).
  • Decrease by 8 sts: (K2, Sl 1 st knitwise, K1, Psso, (K3, Sl 1 st knitwise, K1, Psso), K remaining 2 sts in round (30 sts).
  • K until boucle section measures 5cm.
  • Worked 4 rounds of increases as stated in the pattern, but used kfb instead (38 sts).
  • Put 9 sts on hold for the thumb and CO 1 for main mitten section (30sts)
  • K until boucle section is 14.5cm and then begin decreasing. Dec until you have 6 sts left, then k2tog as pattern states.

Thumb
* pick up 4 sts for a total of 13 sts.

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by Sandnes Garn
Fingering
80% Wool, 20% Nylon
191 yards / 50 grams

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by Garnstudio
Aran
80% Alpaca, 15% Wool, 5% Nylon
153 yards / 50 grams

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by Retrosaria Rosa Pomar
Fingering
100% Wool
421 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: March 29, 2023
  • Project created: January 8, 2024
  • Updated: January 12, 2024