POLAR MITTENS
Chill shades of mint, white and grey add up to a glacier-cool pair of warm mitts
Cool stripes make for warm hands in these sweet mitts
YOU WILL NEED
■ Cygnet Pure Wool Superwash DK (100% wool, 50g/104m)
1 ball of each:
Cream (2195) Peppermint (4212)
Stone (4199
■ An 8mm (US L/11) Tunisian cabled
hook
For yarn stockists find your nearest local store via Cygnet Yarns’ website www.cygnetyarns.com; or go to Cygnet’s recommended online retailer www.woolwarehouse. com TENSION
12 sts and 11 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over Tunisian double stitch
MEASUREMENTS
Mitts measure 25cm (9 in) long and 24cm (9 in) in circumference
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 23
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NOTES
Mitts are worked in rows and seamed together at the ends. Tunisian double stitch is used to create the ridged fabric. Unlike other Tunisian stitches the number of loops on your hook after the forward pass does not equal the number of sts in each row. Each stitch will have two loops on your hook except for the first st, which will only have one. Change colour on the final yrh of return pass to begin next row in new colour. Carry unused yarns up the edge of your work.
MITTS MAKE 2
Using Cream, ch26.
Row 1 *Yrh, insert hook into second ch from hook, yrh and pull up a loop; rep from * in each ch across (51 loops on hook), TdsRetP across. [26 sts]
Row 2 Tds across (51 loops on hook), TdsRetP across. [26 sts]
Rows 3-4 As Row 2, changing to Peppermint on the final yrh of TdsRetP of Row 4.
Row 5 As Row 2, changing to Cream on the final yrh of TdsRetP.
Continue repeating Row 2 using the following colour sequence:
Row 6 Cream.
Row 7 Peppermint.
Row 8 Cream.
Row 9 Peppermint.
Row 10 Cream.
Row 11 Peppermint.
Row 12 Cream.
Row 13 Stone.
Row 14 Peppermint.
Row 15 Stone.
Row 16 Peppermint.
Row 17 Stone.
Row 18 Peppermint.
Row 19 Stone.
Row 20 Peppermint.
Row 21 Stone.
Rows 22-24 Cream.
Row 25 *Insert hook through next 2 vertical bars, yrh and pull up a loop, pull through loop on hook; rep from * across to end.
Fasten off.
TO JOIN
With RS facing, join Peppermint into corner by final ss of Row 25.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as a st), *2dc in corner, dc in each st or row-end to next corner; rep from * 3 times more, ss to beg dc.
Do not fasten off.
Fold piece in half so WS are facing out and the row-end edges meet.
Continuing with Peppermint, ss through the next 4 sts, working through both edges to join, ss through fl of next 5 sts on edge closest to you (thumb space made), ss through each st across to next corner to complete join.
Fasten off.
BORDER
With RS facing, join Stone into any st around top edge.
Round 1 (RS) Ch1, reverse dc in each st around, ss to top of beg dc. [26 sts]
Fasten off.
Repeat Round 1 on lower edge of Mitt.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.