Saturday, November 21, 2009

Tijeras Mittens




These soft and warm mittens are knit from four new colors of Vermont O~Wool which is a lovely organic merino yarn. The pattern is currently available HERE on Ravelry and it will be up on Patternfish and in my Lulu store soon. I thought the color patterns reminded me of cut-outs so I named them Tijeras which means scissors in Spanish.

The mittens are knit from cuff to tip and feature a peasant thumb and a ribbed cuff. Because O~Wool Classic 2-ply is so thick and springy, consider using a sport weight yarn if you're going to substitute. The pattern is 56 sts around. I included separate charts for each hand to keep the row join on the outside of the mitten.




MATERIALS:

One (1.75 oz/50 g) skein O~Wool Classic 2 ply organic merino wool yarn (198 yards) in each of four colors: Plum (Color A), Evergreen (Color B), Lilac (Color C), and Mulberry (Color D)


A set of 4 or 5 size 3/3.00 mm dpns or 2 size 3/3.00 mm circs or size needed to get gauge

SIZE: Women’s Small. Width - 8“/20 cm, Length from cuff to tip - 11”/28 cm


GAUGE: 14 sts = 2"/5 cm, 20 rows = 2"/5 cm To save time, take time to check gauge.