Slim Fit Stripe Mits are knitted in the round and designed for slender hands.
All the shaping is worked at the beginning and ends of the rounds so it’s very easy to add or subtract some stitches when you cast on for a better fit, if your gauge swatch indicates you need them.
I haven’t had this pattern tested so please let me know if you have any problems with it and I’ll try and help.
Fit
13-17cm wrist circumference
16-20cm round the knuckles at the base of the fingers
Gauge
18 St x 30 rows in 10cm square of stockingette stitch
Ingredients
2 balls of Sirdar Snuggly Smiley Stripes 50g/95m
Set of 3mm dpns
Stitch markers
Safety pin or stitch holder
Recipe
Cast on 38 stitches and divide over 3 needles.
Work 12 rounds: k1, p1 rib
Knit 8 rounds
Next round: ktog, k to last 2 st, ssk (36st)
Work 25 rounds in stocking stitch
Thumb Gusset
Round 1: k2, m1, pm, knit to last 2 st, pm, m1, knit to end. (38 st)
Round 2 and 3: knit
Round 4: knit to marker, m1, slip marker, knit to second marker, slip marker, m1, k to end. (40 st)
Round 5 and 6: knit
Repeat round 4 (42st)
Knit 5 rounds
Knit 5st, slip those 5 stitches and the last 5 stitches (the 10 stitches between the markers) onto a stitch holder. Continue working in the round on the remaining 32 stitches.
Hand
Knit 15 rounds
Next round: k2tog, k to last 2 st, ssk.
Knit 2 rounds
Work 4 rounds: k1, p1 rib
Cast off.
Thumb
Arrange the 10 thumb stitches on three dpns. Rejoin yarn and knit across all stitches, picking up 2 stitches along the base of the hand. (12st).
Working in the round, knit 5 rounds.
Work 4 rounds: k1, p1 rib
Cast off.
