Tobie’s Mittens
$10 CAD
Use leftover self-patterning sock yarn paired with a solid from your stash to knit these fun Fair Isle-like mittens. Six mitten sizes range from newborn to big kids.
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Construction
Mittens are work from cuff to tip with a peasant-style thumb.
What's Included
This knitting pattern includes written instructions and a photo tutorial for working the thumb opening.
Sizes + Finished Measurements
To fit: Baby (1-2 yrs, 2-4 yrs, 4-5 yrs, 6-8 yrs, 8+ yrs).
Finished hand circumference: 4 ½ (4 ¾, 5 ¼, 5 ½, 6, 6 ½)” / 11.5 (12, 13.5, 14, 15, 16.5) cm.
Hand length: 3 ½ (4, 4 ¾, 5 ¼, 5 ¾, 6 ½)” / 9 (10, 12, 13, 14.5, 16) cm.
Yarn
Fingering weight or sock yarn;
Self-Patterning 15 (17, 22, 25, 30, 36) yd / 14 (16, 20, 23, 28, 34) m;
Solid Colour 12 (20, 24, 29, 33, 39) yd / 11 (18, 22, 27, 31, 36) m.
Shown in discontinued sock yarns (75% wool, 25% nylon; 229 yd /210 m per 50 g).
Substitution Notes
Fingering weight and sock yarns work well for this project. For warmth, choose yarns with at least some wool in them.
Gauge
30 sts and 42 rows to 4″ (10 cm) over stocking stitch worked in the round.
Needles + Notions
1 set of five 2.75 mm (US 2) Double-Pointed Needles.
Skills
Knitting in the round, decreases, afterthought thumb.
Related Tutorials
Waste Yarn Placeholder
Working Very Small Circumferences in the Round
