Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 12:31:39 +0500 From: Nancy Lutz To: knit@bolis.com Subject: KNIT: Gift Pattern [...] Gentleknitters, Many thanks for getting me through some crazy days this year! The knitlist was one piece of sanity in my life. Here's a pattern for baby mittens. My niece the Amazing Katie (formerly known as the Lutzling) needs mittens; the ones her mom bought fall right off. These have an eyelet tie at the wrists, like booties. They are really, really simple (shortest pattern ever posted to the list) and really, really fast to knit. They are thick, windproof, and thumbless. They'd make a good introduction to DPN's. And they are completely obvious, but I thought the newer knitters or sleep deprived new moms might appreciate having a pattern. AMAZING KATIE'S BABY MITTENS Materials: DPNs, size 3. Small amount of DK weight yarn, to be used double. I used some chelsea twist woolease and a left-over bit of pink acrylic. I can definitely make these from the left-overs from Joan's Socks, btw. Size: To fit Katie, who is 9 months old and wearing 18 - 24 month old clothes. (What can I say? She's huge). Her hands are about 2.5 inches long and 4 inches in circumferance. Gauge: about 3 stitches to the inch. Cast on 16 stitches, join into a circle. K1 P1 rib for 6 rounds. Knit 1 round. Eyelet round: YO, K2tog, K1 around, ending with k2. Increase round: K around, increasing 4 stitches evenly as you go around. Knit 13 rounds. (Or what you need to desired length). Decrease round: K2 together all around. knit 1 round. Decrease round: K2 together all around. 5 stitches remain. Pull tail of yarn through the remaining live stitches. Crochet an 8 inch long chain from one of the yarns, and thread through the eyelets. Variations: crochet a shorter chain and buy two "cord locks" at a fabric store to hold the lacing tight at each wrist. If you want a long "mitten string", crochet a single really long chain, thread it through the eyelets on each mitten, and use the cord locks to hold the lacing tight on each side. Or you could just crochet a third long cord and sew it through the wrist ribbing. Copyright held by Nancy Lutz, nlutz@vt.edu. Please contact me directly for permission to post this pattern to web sites, etc. Emily Way has my permission to post this to anything held at woolworks.org. This pattern may not be sold or used for other commercial purposes. This notice must be attached to all copies of the pattern. [...] Thanks, Nancy Lutz in SW Virginia nlutz@vt.edu --- This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium http://www.woolworks.org/