Alpenhorn by Laura Patterson

Alpenhorn

Knitting
November 2010
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
11 stitches = 1 inch
in twisted stitch pattern
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
175 - 225 yards (160 - 206 m)
6 (7, 8.25) inches; 15 (18, 21) cm
English
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Based on old twisted stitch motifs from Austria, these fingerless mitts are a combination of tulips and staggered chains of windows. Mitts are worked in the round from the cuff toward the fingers, widening for a thumb gusset, then brought back together at the fingers. Gusset sts worked in rib before finishing.

Coordinates with the Edelweiss socks.

Yarn: 175 (200, 225) yards fingering weight yarn.

Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) needles.

Skills: knitting in the round, k2tog, ssk, twisted stitches, provisional cast on, picking up sts.

Notions: stitch markers and waste yarn.

Stitch patterns: Charted and written.

Difficulty: Intermediate.