Gloaming by Leila Raven

Gloaming

Knitting
March 2012
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8 stitches and 8 rows = 1 inch
in stranded Stockinette Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
215 yards (197 m)
8" hand circumference, 11.5" length
English
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These classic colorwork mittens offer a great canvas for playing with color! We were drawn to a tone-on-tone combination of natural browns and greys, but brighter and more colorful combinations are also enticing. Although 4 colors are required for the pattern, you will only ever be working with 2 colors on any given round. Beginning with a ribbed hem, the mittens are worked circularly from the bottom up and feature a side-gore thumb.


Construction

  • Mittens are worked in the round from bottom up.
  • Thumb is worked using side-gore shaping; upon completion of the gusset, thumb stitches are placed on waste yarn and the remainder of the mitten is worked circularly to fingertips.
  • Mitten tops are grafted closed using Kitchener Stitch.
  • Upon completion of main body of mitten, you will return to the held stitches at the gusset and work the Thumb circularly.

Yardage

• Color 1 (C1): Pumpernickel; approximately 60 yards
• Color 2 (C2): Woodsmoke; approximately 55 yards
• Color 3 (C3): Truffle Hunt; approximately 50 yards
• Color 4 (C4): Stormcloud; approximately 50 yards

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 275 yards/50g) fingering-weight wool yarn

Gauge

8 stitches & 8 rounds = 1” in 2-color circular stranded Stockinette with Gauge Needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

Needles

One set of Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) or long circular (if working Magic Loop Method) in size needed to obtain colorwork gauge listed
Suggested Size: US 3 (3¼ mm)

Finished Dimensions

8” hand circumference, 11½“ length from base of ribbed hem to fingertip, 2¼” thumb length

Skill Level

3 out of 5

Please note, the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.