Long Island has been unusually warm this Fall. We seem to be breezing straight past my all time favorite season! I wonder, how can we enjoy all the wonderful colors and crisp air, sweaters without jackets, and perfect light weight knitted goods to show off before we freeze? I mean lets face it, there's no time for complicated cables and weeks of tireless knitting...I need something gorgeous, and I need it NOW! Well, here's what I came up with: knit up something textured and small, something that looks quite complicated, but is actually incredibly easy! Who'd of thought...
I'm happy to introduce my Carbon Fingerless Mitts pattern!
Designed by me, Shanna Felice at Lambstrings Yarn.
These are 100% FREE for your enjoyment, so I hope you take advantage!
These beautiful fingerless mitts are worked in the round with no need for
seaming. Simple slipped stitches are
worked and picked up on alternating rows to produce an eye catching texture as
well as a thermal fabric to keep your hands nice and toasty. These mitts are
perfect for any style, casual enough to
wear with anything, and fancy enough to
compel your friends to ask "How did you do that?"
Note:
Theses mitts
are designed to be fitted snugly around
the wrist, but make sure you do not knit too tight! The slipped stitches need
to be loose and relaxed to ensure some elasticity.
Make 2 mitts exactly the same!
Shown in Lambstrings Ewetopia Sock in colorway "Red Maple"
You can find this yarn here:
Materials:
Lambstrings Ewetopia Sock (200-225) yds
US#2 36"+ circular needles for magic loop or
DPN's
Stitch markers
Waste yarn
Sizes: XS/S
(M/L); 5"-6" (6"-7.5") wrist.
Gauge:
34 sts/44 rows=4"
in stockinette.
Abbr:
K: knit
P: purl
pm: place
marker
EOR: end of
round
*: repeat
SL5 (3):
slip next 5 (3) sts to right needle, as if to purl.
WYIF: bring
yarn to front of work
ULS: with
right needle, lift the 2 running strands below from front to back, insert needle
into next st knitwise, knit st and 2 strands together, transfer to right needle as
one. (see Fig.1, 2, and 3)
M1R: with
left needle, pick up the bar between your sts from back to front, knit through
front of st, transfer to right needle. (right slanting increase).
M1L: with
left needle, pick up the bar between your sts from front to back, knit through back
of st, transfer to right needle. left slanting increase).
Begin at wrist:
On US#2
needles, cast on 52 (64) sts, pm, and join for knitting in the round.
Rib: (K2,
P2) to EOR.
Repeat Rib
row 9 times total.
Rnd 10: [(K2,
P2) x4 (5), M1R] x3, K to EOR.
55 (67) sts.
Work Carbon stitch
pattern A:
Rows 1, 3,
and 5: K all sts, slipping marker.
Rows 2 and
4: K1, *(SL5 WYIF, K1), repeat from * x 9 (11).
Row 6: K3,
*(ULS, K5), repeat from * x8 (10), ULS, K3.
Rows 7 and
9: K to last 3 sts, SL3 WYIF.
Rows 8 and
10: SL3 WYIF, *(K1, SL5 WYIF), repeat from * x8 (10), K4.
Row 11: K to
last st, ULS.
Row 12: K6,
*(ULS, K5), repeat from * x8 (10), K1.
Repeat rows 1-12
of pattern A: 3 times more, then rows 1-6 once more.
Gusset:
Next row:
K2, pm, K to last 2 sts, pm, K2.
Work Carbon
stitch pattern B: (Increase 2 sts every 3rd round)
Row 1: K to
m, M1R, sm, K2, *(SL5 WYIF, K1) x8 (10), K1, sm, M1L, K to EOR.
Rows 2, 6
and 8: K all sts, slipping m's.
Row 3: K to
m, sm, K2, *(SL5 WYIF, K1) x8 (10), K1, sm, K to EOR.
Rows 4 and
10: K to m, sm, M1R, sm, K to m, sm, M1L, Kto EOR.
Row 5: K to
m, sm, K4, ULS, *(K5, ULS) x7 (9), K4, sm, K to EOR.
Row 7: K to
m, M1R, sm, K5, *(SL5 WYIF, K1) x8 (10), K4, sm, M1L, K to EOR.
Row 9: K to
m, sm, K5, *(SL5 WYIF, K1), x8 (10), K4, sm, K to EOR.
Row 11: K to
m, sm, K7, ULS, *(K5, ULS) x7 (9), K2, sm, K to EOR.
Row 12: K
all sts, slipping m's.
Repeat rows
1-12 of pattern B: 1 (2) times more, then rows 1-6 (1-4) once more.
Divide for
thumb:
Row 1: Work across
row 7 (5) of pattern B to 2nd m, remove m, M1L, place next 12 (14) sts on waste yarn.
Row 2: Place
first 12 (14) sts on waste yarn , M1R, K1, remove m, K to EOR, M1L.
55 (67) sts
palm, 24 (28) sts thumb.
Continue for
fingers:
Beginning on
row #4 (#2) of Carbon pattern A, work through to row 12, then rows 1-12 once
more.
Next row:
K1, M1R, K to EOR.
Rib: (K2,
P2) to EOR.
Repeat Rib
row 5 times total.
Bind off in
Rib pattern.
Thumb:
Pick up 24
(28) sts from waste yarn, pm, join for knitting in the round.
K evenly for
6 (8) rows, slipping m.
Rib: (K2,
P2) to EOR.
Repeat Rib
row 5 times total.
Bind off in
Rib pattern.
Enoy!!!
ULS fig 1. ULS fig 2. ULS fig 3.
Last updated 8/30/16.
