Thrummed Mittens
Finished
December 26, 2013
January 18, 2014

Thrummed Mittens

Project info
2-Hour Felted Thrummed Mittens by Expression Fiber Arts
Knitting
HandsMittens
Needles & yarn
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky
Wisteria Editions 100% wool roving
W858R
Notes

Based on above pattern with mods.
Knit 2 at a time on circulars with magic loop method.
Thrums are Wisteria Editions roving in Grape, purple, lavender variegated, magenta, lavender.

CO 24.
16 rounds k1p1 ribbing.
K 1 round
Inc rnd: k2, m1, k1. 32 stitches
K 1 round
First thrum rnd: K3, thrum1 (thrums knit with thrum first then reg yarn on top)
K 3 rounds (on first rnd knit thrums through back loop)
2nd thrum rnd: k1, thrum1, k3, thrum1
K 3 rounds, etc
Repeat
After third thrum round, k 1 rnd, then place thumb:
K first 6 stitches of rnd with waste yarn, move 6 stitches back to left needle, and knit with reg yarn.
Continue working as above. Made 9 tiers of thrumming, then began decreasing. Dec rnd 1 -24 st. K 1 rnd. Dec rnd 2 -18 st. Then Kitchener stitch tops together. Put three extra thrums in the tip of each mitt, sewed them in over the Kitchener stitches for extra fingertip warmth.

Thumb: remove waste yarn and pick up 14 stitches. Knit 1 rnd ( picked up one extra st on each side, then k2tog on next row for a total of 14 st in thumb. Knit 3 tiers of thrums as above, 4 thrums in each (last thrums in each row only 2 st between). Two decrease rnds to end up with 7 st. Cut yarn and used needle to pull through 7 st. Done.

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January 18, 2014
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by Brown Sheep
Bulky
85% Wool, 15% Mohair
125 yards / 113 grams

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  • Project created: January 5, 2014
  • Finished: January 19, 2014
  • Updated: February 1, 2014