Winter Moonlight Mittens by Luise O'Neill

Winter Moonlight Mittens

Knitting
February 2021
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch in the round, blocked
US 6 - 4.0 mm
147 - 193 yards (134 - 176 m)
Finished palm circumference: 7 (7.5, 8, 8.5)" / 18 (19, 20.5, 21.5)cm
English
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♫ The Music ♫
Inspired by the beautiful love song Moonlight in a Winter Sky by Rose-Marie Cameron and Carey Parder – dappled rays of moonlight reflecting and interweaving on winter snow.

The Winter Moonlight Mittens feature an interlaced cable and rib design which grows from the cuff ribbing. The cable is featured on the back of each mitten while the palm and thumb are worked in Stockinette stitch.

The mittens are knit in the round, from the cuff upward, beginning with a stretchy cast on. Increases are worked to form the thumb gusset. Thumb stitches are then placed on waste yarn while the upper portion of the mitten is worked. The mitten top is bound off using a modified Zigzag Bind Off or stitches can be grafted. Stitches are then picked up at the gap above the thumb gusset and are worked along with the held stitches to create the thumb.

The Winter Moonlight Hat pattern matches these mittens.

Both charts and written directions for charts are provided.
• Charts are contained in this document.
• Each mitten size has its own chart.
• The written directions for charts are included as a separate PDF.
• Written direction users will need to access both the pattern document and the supplemental PDF.
• For row-by-row stitch counts see the Written Directions supplemental PDF.

Size
Adult XS (S, M, L)
Finished palm circumference: 7 (7.5, 8, 8.5)“ / 18 (19, 20.5, 21.5)cm; Height: 8.75 (9.5, 10, 10.5)” / 22 (24, 25.5, 26.5)cm.

Yarn
147 (162, 177, 193)yds / 134 (148, 162, 176)m worsted-weight wool.
Sample shown in Knit Picks Upcycle Reserve Wool Worsted (worsted; 100% Upcycle Wool; 219yds per100g): Cielo 28475.

Needles
4mm / US6 set of 4 DPN or size required to obtain gauge.

Gauge
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10cm in Stockinette stitch, in the round, blocked.

Notions
Stitch marker, cable needle, waste yarn, tapestry needle.

Credits
Tech Editing: RedSquirrel; FirSprite.
Charting Software: Stitchmastery.
Test knit by: Ravellers fyreflye, eyenowhour, dragonxser, susu2u, snowpansy, 100creations and faeriepaw.