Fogtown Mitts by Mary O'Shea

Fogtown Mitts

Knitting
November 2024
Sport (12 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in blocked colorwork
US 4 - 3.5 mm
95 - 175 yards (87 - 160 m)
Child Small and Large; Adult Average and Large
English
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Fogtown Mitts use a sport-weight wool yarn in 2 or more colors. Long interval self-striping yarns work very well in this design. While 2 colors is a minimum, you can use more than 1 main color and/or contrast color as long as there is sufficient contrast.
This pattern is written in 4 sizes, from child small to adult large. Additional sizes can also be made by changing needle sizes and/or yarn weights, thereby knitting at a tighter or looser gauge.
This design can be worked as a full mitten, or a fingerless mitt, in all available sizes. The thumb includes a gusset, and the top mitten shaping is a rounded spiral-shape. This pattern is one of 5 in the Fogtown Set: Hat, Mittens, Mitts, Socks and Cowl.

SIZES: 1 (2,3,4) Child Small — Adult Large
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Circumference: 6 (6.8, 7.4, 8) inches
Length: 6 (7, 8, 9) inches
Changes to gauge or yarn weight, or adding length, may require extra yarn
GAUGE: 26 sts and 32 rnds = 4”/10cm on gauge size needles (over blocked colorwork)
NEEDLES:
US size 4 (3.5mm) needle(s) or size needed to obtain gauge
Choose needles based on your favorite method for working small circumferences in the round.
YARN: sport-weight wool yarn

Yards needed/pair full mittens:
SIZE 1 2 3 4
MC 70 90 110 120
CC 25 30 40 55
Fingerless mitts require slightly less yardage.

NOTIONS: 3 stitch markers, tapestry needle, 8-inch length of smooth scrap yarn
SKILLS USED: 2-color stranded knitting, reading a chart, working in the round, decreasing (k2tog, ssk), increasing (M1R, M1L), picking-up sts

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