Friday, February 7, 2014

Grey hand warmers



I knit these with scrap yarn, it felt about the weight of manos del Uruguay - nice slightly unevenly spun wool in a pretty grey. I want more of it- like 10 skeins! But I just had a little bit so I made these hand warmers- and just in time for the epic portlandia snow storm of 2014! 

This pattern is great for scrap yarn, about a half or a third of a skein. Take what you have and wind it into two equal size balls, so you know how much you have for each mitten. 

I knit them on a size 6 needle- so it's a tight knit. 
Cast on 30 and knit 6 rows.
 Make 1 at start of 7th row then knit the rest of the row. 
Knit the 8th row .
Make 1 at the beginning of the 9th row then knit the rest of the row. 
K 20 rows or till it's where you want your thumb hole.
Knit 4, cast off 6, knit the rest of the row.
Knit till cast off stitches, cast on another 3, then knit rest of the row. 
Knit until you run out of yarn or it is long enough that it covers your fingers to the nuckle. 
Bind off, leaving enough of a tail to sew up the side with mattress stitch. 

Make another one. Make sure you see them up so one has the thumb hole on the right, the other on the left. The seam should go up the palm side of the hand. If one is backwards, just turn it inside out. 

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