Ida Mitts by Ruth Garcia

Ida Mitts

Knitting
February 2013
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette St
US 6 - 4.0 mm
197 yards (180 m)
XS (S, M, L) (Shown in size XS)
English
This pattern is available in print for $3.99.

These mitts offer a clever cuff in a cabled dimension, while retaining simplicity in its look. With anatomically correct gussets to give shape at the thumb and framed by garter stitch at the fingers’ base, these mitts are unisex and easy to make.

SIZE
XS (S, M, L) (Shown in size XS)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference at Base of Fingers: 7 (8, 9, 10)“ / 18 (20.5, 23, 25.5) cm

YARN & NOTIONS
1 hank Moonshine in color #10 Cotton Candy
US 6 (4 mm) double-point needles or size used to obtain gauge
Stitch markers, waste yarn, cable needle, tapestry needle

GAUGE
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in St st.