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Swedish Folk Art Mittens
Worked from the bottom up starting with a picot hem, these stranded colorwork mit-tens are inspired by paintings seen on antique Swedish trunks I saw in a museum when my family and I visited Scandinavia in 2016. With 3 different Fair Isle patterns fea-tured on the palm, the cuff, and the outer hand, it keeps the knitting exciting! A tradi-tional thumb gusset is shaped with easy M1R and M1L stitches, and the remaining stitches at the top are closed with kitchener stitch. The pattern is written for 2 16” cir-cular needles, but DPNs or magic loop can be used if desired.
SIZE
S, (M, L)
Sample shown in size small
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 7 inches / 18 cm (8 inches / 20 cm, 9 inches / 23 cm)
Length: 10 inches / 25 cm
MATERIALS
Spirit Trail Fiberworks Birte 75% superwash merino, 15% cashmere, 10% silk; 275yd / 252 m per 110 g skein;
MC Eggplant; 1 skeins
CC1 Lucky Pot; 1 skeins
x2 US #2.5/3mm circular needle, 16 inch length/41 length-cm
Notions
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, waste yarn
GAUGE
28 sts/33 rounds = 4 inches/10 cm in stranded stockinette stitch.
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