Keeping Mittens by Kerry Bogert

Keeping Mittens

Knitting
October 2023
22 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in 4" in St st.
US 2 - 2.75 mm
140 - 230 yards (128 - 210 m)
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This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Difficulty Easy

Yarn Weight 2

Finished Size 7 3/4 (8 3/4, 9 3/4)“ hand circumference; 7 (8, 9)” hand length. Mittens shown measure 7 3/4”.

Yarn Handspun (100% Icelandic wool; approximately 244 yd 223 m/3 1/2 oz 100 g): undyed, 58 (75, 95) g.

Needles Size 2 (2.75 mm): straight and set of double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Stitch markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge 22 sts and 32 rows = 4” in St st.

NOTES
• For techniques you don’t know, please visit our online knitting glossary at www.interweave.com/interweave-knitting-glossary.

• These mittens are worked flat in rows and then seamed. The thumb is worked in the round.

• The first stitch of every row is slipped. The last stitch of every row is worked through the back loop. This creates a selvedge edge that will make it easier to seam the side of the mitten closed.

• These mittens were made with yarn handspun by Sandi Rosner. To substitute, choose a sport- or DK-weight yarn and swatch to make sure you can match the gauge. You’ll need about 140 (185, 230) yd.