Garter Cuff Mitts

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About the Pattern: Let the swatch became the design!  Worked sideways, these mitts use only knit and purl to create a warm and easy-to-make set.

Materials:

  • 5mm Knitting Needles
  • Tapestry Needle
  • 50g Libby Summers’ Fine Aran in 660 Larama
  • 1g of Libby Summers’ Fine Aran in 890 Kulli for 2 pom poms

Tension:

18 sts and 24 rows in stocking stitch to 10 cm/4in using 5mm needles (or size needed to achieve tension)

Abbreviations:

CO - Cast On

K - Knit

P- Purl

WS - Wrong Side

Pattern (Make 2):

Cast on 30 sts, leaving a 30cm/12in tail.

Row 1-3: Knit.

Row 4(WS): K8, p18, k4.

Row 5: Knit.

Row 6: K8, p18, k4.

Work rows 5 & 6 a total of 21 times.

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Row 47-48: Knit.

Cast off all stitches. Break yarn, leaving a 30cm/12in tail.

Finishing Instructions:

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Fold mitts in half width-wise with right sides together. Using tail, sew up the seam 5cm/2in down from top cuff. Break yarn, weave in ends.  Sew up 6 cm/ 2.5in from the bottom cuff. Break yarn, weave in ends.

 Tips and Tricks:

You may want to place stitch markers to mark off the purl section you need to do on the even rows 6 - 46. Want to know all about stitch markers? Lion Brand has a great post here.

Confused about pattern reading? Think of it like a code.

  • Where the row instruction says "Knit" that means knit all of the stitches all the way across.  
  • As this pattern is written for rows, you will turn your knitting at the end of each row.
  • Where the instruction says K8, p18, k4 - this means you knit 8 stitches, then purl 18 stitches, then knit 4 stitches

We won't be going into Finishing and Sewing up on this course (we will be covering casting off though!). Knitty.com has a thorough tutorial on sewing in your ends. A basic whip stitch will be fine for sewing up your mitts, but if you want a more invisible seam, Knitty also has a great tutorial on invisible seams.

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