Lonely North Mittens MKAL by Erica Mount

Lonely North Mittens MKAL

Knitting
April 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
8.5 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch
in stranded colorwork
US 1 - 2.25 mm
240 - 350 yards (219 - 320 m)
Adult S, M, L
English
This pattern is available for C$8.00 CAD buy it now

This pattern will be a MKAL in the I Make Mittens group in May.

I’m running 2 promotions for this pattern:

30% Off Lonely North Mittens with coupon code: North

BOGO You can get the MKAL pattern for free by adding it to your cart when you buy one of my other self published accessory patterns. No coupon code required.

Clue release schedule:
May 1
May 9
May 15
May 22

There will be prizes drawn at the end of the KAL.

1 prize of 2 skeins of Bluenose Socks by Fleece Artist, made locally where I live in Nova Scotia. This is what I used to knit my mittens and it’s gorgeous. (drawn from people who have posted finished pictures of their MKAL mittens)

2 individual prizes of 5 of my self-published patterns. (drawn from people who have posted finished pictures of their MKAL mittens)

5 individual prizes of 1 of my self-published patterns. (drawn from anyone who finished mittens in the thread, whether they are MKAL mittens or other mittens.)

Yarn:
Fingering weight in 2 contrasting colors.

Approximate yardage by color.
MC: 125 -185 yds, (115-170m); CC: 115 -170 yds, (105-155m).

Size notes:
There are 3 width sizes, S is 64 sts wide, M is 68 sts wide, and L is 72 sts wide.

In clue 2 there is an option for either an afterthought thumb or a side gusset thumb.

In clue 4 there are 3 tip length options.

Regular, which is 5 1/4”, 13.3cm, from thumb opening to tip (54 rnds).

Short, which is 5 rnds, about 1/2”, 1.25cm, shorter than regular, (49 rnds).

Long, which is 5 rnds, about 1/2”, 1.25cm longer than Regular (59 rnds).

There are also options for shorter or longer thumbs.