My attempt resulted in two hats that were big, really big. The first one I used Cascade 220 and used size 5 mm needles. The second one I used Berocco Vintage with 4 mm needles for the rib and 4.5 mm for the hat. Still big but not as big as the first one.
I noticed someone made some fingerless gloves which were lovely but not my style and I thought I could make mitts, easy right???
I have always had a high admiration for people that can think of something, make a pattern, write it down and all I have to do is buy the colour yarn I like and use two sticks to make it. That is certainly the easy part. I have no idea how many times I frogged the mitt. My tension for the colourwork was off, there were too few sts, the needles were too small, I was trying to learn how to have one colour in each hand while I was knitting, practising tubular cast ons.
Here is the pattern for the left handed prototype - I borrowed the mitt pattern from the Give a Hoot pattern by Kelbourne Woolens and the sheep chart which I had to modify to fit the number of sts I had.
This mitt is on the small size, my hand is 7 inches around the knuckles and it fit my hand but I would like more wiggle room. My suggestion would be to use 4.5 mm needles when you switch to the mitt part (or wait til I try the modifications I have sketched out after conferring with my knitting peeps).
Left Mitt
With 4 mm needles cast on 36 sts. I used Berocco Vintage in dark green, black, white and a nice sky blue.
K2P2 rib for 24 rows (or longer if you want a longer cuff. The ladies that tried mine on that had a larger hand suggested a longer cuff, I'd like a longer cuff too!)
Change needles 4.5 mm if you want to experiment. I did not change from 4 mm for the prototype.
K 2 rows
K3 kfb K 32 - 37 sts
K4 kfb K 32 - 38 sts
K5 kfb K32 - 39 sts
K6 kfb K 32 - 40 sts
K7 kfb K 32 - 41 sts
K8 kfb K 32 - 42 sts
K9 kfb K 32 - 43 sts
K10 kfb K 32 - 44 sts row 1 chart - all green
K11 kfb K 32 - 45 sts row 2 chart every third st is white
K12 kfb K 32 - 46 sts row 3 chart - all green
K13 kfb K 32 - 47 sts row 4 chart - alternate white and green
K14 kfb K 32 - 48 sts row 5 chart all green
Row to separate thumb K 16 place next 10 sts on holder K 38 sts
Separate onto needles 16 sts (palm) 11 st and 11 sts. This is how I chose to divide my sts.
Follow chart to Row 27 (or longer if you need a longer hand)
Decrease top - I rearranged the sts and put 18,9 and 9
I alternated every row with a white blue white then the next row all blue
SKP (slip purlwise, knit one, pass slipped st over) K 15, K2tog, SKP, K 15, K2tog -34 sts
SKP K13, K2tog, SKP, K13, K2tog - 30 sts
SKP, K11, K2tog, SKP, K11, K2tog - 26 sts
SKP, K9, K2tog, SKP, K9, K2tog - 22 sts
SKP, K7, K2tog, SKP, K7, K2tog - 18 sts
SKP, K5, K2tog, SKP, K5, K2tog - 14 sts
SKP, K3, K2tog, SKP, K3, K2tog - 10 sts
SKP, K1, K2tog, SKP, K1, K2tog - 6 sts
I would kitchener them together, or you can draw them through the six sts and finish off.
If there are any mistakes, they are my own. Would love some feedback. Several lades suggested having the sheep going the other way ie starting with the sky - a great idea!
I would love to hear how folks make out with this. I also will be trying some mods to make a larger right hand mitt and will post that too.
I will edit a better version when I can actually colour in a chart.
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