Mittenz

Materials:

Worsted wt yarn and 2 different color markers

Gauge: 4.5 - 5 sts = 1inch with worsted wt yarn.

Use whatever needles that get close to this gauge.

Size – Child’s or small woman’s

Ridge count is for right side of mitten.

CO 82 sts

1. Right Mitten: K29, pm (thumb tip), K22, pm (fingertip), K31 (82 sts) - Ridge 1

Left Mitten: K31, pm (fingertip), K22, pm (thumb tip), K29 (82sts) – Ridge 1

2. K across increasing -Kfb - before and after markers (86sts)

3. K across all sts - Ridge 2

4. Knit across increasing before and after markers (90 sts)

5. K across all sts - Ridge 3

6. Knit across increasing before and after fingertip marker but start to decrease before and after the thumb tip marker by K2tog & SSK (90 sts)

7. K across all sts - Ridge 4

8. Repeat Row 6 (90 sts)

9. K across all sts - Ridge 5

10. Right Mitten: K 51 sts and bind off next 20 sts, knit to end (do not remove finger tip marker)

Left Mitten: K 19, bind off 20, knit to end (do not remove finger tip marker)

11. Knit across closing up thumb gap (70sts) – Ridge 6

12. K across all sts

13. K across all sts - Ridge 7

14. K across all sts

15. K across all sts - Ridge 8

16. K across all sts

17. K across all sts - Ridge 9

18. K across, decreasing before and after marker - K2tog & SSK (68sts)

19. K across all sts - Ridge 10

20. K across, decreasing before and after marker - K2tog & SSK (66sts)

21. K across all sts - Ridge 11

22. K across, decreasing before and after marker - K2tog & SSK (64sts)

23. K across all sts - Ridge 12

24. K across, decreasing before and after marker - K2tog & SSK (62sts)

25. Bind off - Ridge 13.

Notes:

Increase by knitting in the front and back of the stitch – Kfb

Seam with right sides facing by whip stitching or however you like.

If you make your mitten just one color then I think it does not matter which side is which, but I did not like the way my seam looked when I had the first ridge on the reverse.

When I join the gap that the thumb bind off stitches create, I use the “cross over join” method.

Crossover join diagram here and a video here.

Originally these had a short row in the center but they fit the same with our without it so I decided to omit the short row. If anyone really would like to work the short row it is done on rows 12-14

12. K58, turn, leaving 12 sts unworked

13. Slip 1st st and K45, turn, leaving 12 sts unworked. - Ridge 7

14. Slip 1st st and K across to end of row.

by Mariella Apodaca 2007