Outsider Mittens

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Outsider
Mittens


An
original
Susan
B.
Anderson
pattern
for
Spud
&
Chloë


Sizes:
Child’s
small
(child’s
large/woman’s
small,
woman’s
medium/large)


To
fit
a
hand
circumference
of
6
(7,
8)
inches


Note:
The
length
of
the
hand
and
the
length
of
the
thumb
can
be
made
to
fit
any


length
hand.


Yarn:
Outer
(65%
superwash
wool,
35#
organic
cotton;
60
yards/100
grams)



Woman’s
medium/large
in
any
style:
2
skeins


Child’s
large/Woman’s
small
in
Ribbed
Cuff
and
Short
Bobble
Cuff:
1
skein


Child’s
large/Woman’s
small
in
Extended
Bobble
Cuff:
2
skeins


Child’s
small
size
in
all
styles:
1
skein


Samples:


Extended
Bobble
Cuff
mittens
knit
in
Sequoia
#7205


Ribbed
Cuff
mittens
knit
in
Carbon
#7203


Short
Bobble
Cuff
mittens
knit
in
Peat
#7204


Needles:
US
size
13
double‐pointed
needles,
set
of
four,
OR
size
to
obtain
gauge


Materials:


2
stitch
markers


Ruler
or
tape
measure


Scissors


Yarn
needle


Scrap
yarn


Abbreviations:


mb

make
bobble
by
knitting
into
the
front,
back
and
front
again
of
the
stitch,
turn,


purl
3
stitches,
turn,
knit
3
stitches,
do
not
turn,
pass
the
second
and
third
stitches


over
and
off
the
right
needle.


k

knit


p

purl


k2tog

knit
two
stitches
together


m1

make
one
by
lifting
the
bar
between
the
stitches
onto
the
left
needle,
knit
the


bar
through
the
back
loop


rnd(s)
round(s)


st(s)
stitch(es)


Gauge:
2
½
stitches
per
inch
in
stockinette
stitch


Mitten
pattern:


Make
both
the
right
and
left
mitten
the
same.


All
styles:


Cast
on
15
(18,
21)
stitches,
placing
5
(6,
7)
stitches
on
each
of
3
double‐pointed


needles.
Join
to
work
in
the
round
being
careful
not
to
twist
the
stitches.
Place
a


stitch
marker
on
the
first
stitch.


Cuff
Options:


Extended
Bobble
Cuff:


Rnd
1:
(k2,
p1)
repeat
to
the
end
of
the
round


Repeat
row
1
until
the
cuff
measures
2
(2
½,
3)
inches.
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