The Red and the Black by Laura Ricketts

The Red and the Black

Knitting
September 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 15 rows = 2 inches
in over stranded pattern
US 5 - 3.75 mm
440 yards (402 m)
Adult
English
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Skaite-Maria made this Swedish Sámi knitted mitten around a hundred years ago. I have written this pattern for the workhouse yarn, Cascade 220 and slightly altered the decreases. The mitten is knit from the cuff up to the tip. It is sturdy, warm, and hard-wearing mitten, with a short braid at the cuff.

Materials
Yarn: Cascade 220 (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 220yards 200m per 100g 3.5oz ball); colors:
one hank each in #4002 jet MC, and #8414 bright red (CC)