pingo mittens by thepetiteknitter

pingo mittens

Knitting
March 2024
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Cobweb
+ Lace
= Light Fingering ?
24 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
109 - 175 yards (100 - 160 m)
S (M) L
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The mitts are knitted bottom-up and in the round, featuring a stranded colourwork motif throughout. The thumbs are knitted using the afterthought thumb technique. You can choose to “mismatch” your mitts as shown in the photos or knit two identical mitts.

Cuff Circumference
cm: 16.5 (18) 19
in: 6½ (7) 7½

Cuff Length
cm: 4 (5) 5
in: 1½ (2) 2

Cuff Circumference
cm: 18 (19) 20
in: 7 (7½) 8

Hand Length
cm: 15 (16.5) 18
in: 6 (6½) 7

Thumb Length
cm: 3 (4) 4.5
in: 1¼ (1½) 1¾

Yarn
Julie Asselin Anatolia silk mohair (lace)
mc – Ale
cc – Naturel

held together with

Julie Asselin Nurtured Fine (DK weight)
mc – Miel
cc – Naturel

Yarn Substitute
Mohair
Biches et Buches le petit silk mohair
Rowan Kidsilk Haze
Valley Yarns Southampton
Rauma Plum silk mohair
Scheepjes Mohair Rhythm

DK weight yarn
Cascade 220 Merino
Tukuwool DK
Rowan Norwegian Wool
KnitPicks City Tweed
KnitPicks Wool of the Andes

Yardage
Yardage is calculated based on mismatched pair and is listed for each colour. For example, if you are knitting the smallest size, you will 50 meters of nurtured fine in colour a and 50 meters of colour a in silk mohair. The same applies for colour b.

Colour a
metres - 50 (65) 80
yards - 55 (70) 88

Colour b
metres - 50 (65) 80
yards - 55 (70) 88