Squishy Mittens by Adriana Hernandez-Bergstrom

Squishy Mittens

Knitting
September 2012
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch in the round with smaller needles
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
130 - 150 yards (119 - 137 m)
6½ -7 (8 - 8½, 9 - 9½)”
English Additional languages which are not in the download: German
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The Squishy Mittens pattern features lofty cables atop a purled field. They are knit from the cuff up to the fingertips with thumb gusset built in, and thumb stitches picked up after the main knitting is completed.

Skills
• knitting in the round
• increasing and decreasing
• cable knitting
• 3 needle bind off

Sizes
S (M, L): 6½ -7 (8 - 8½, 9 - 9½)” /
16.5 – 18 (20.5 - 21.5, 23 - 24) cm palm circumference
7 (7¾, 8)” / 18 (19, 20) cm long from wrist to fingertip (lengthening instructions included)

Materials
1 skein, Rosy Green Wool, Big Merino Hug (100% Organic Super-wash Merino; 175 yds / 160 m, 3.5 oz / 100g), in Coffee Bean

Gauge: 26 sts and 28 rows = 4” in diamond cable pattern (in the round) with US 5 / 3.75mm knitting