Centripetal Mittens by Lorinda Browning

Centripetal Mittens

Knitting
April 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
125 - 225 yards (114 - 206 m)
Child, Small Adult, Large Adult
English
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GREAT PATTERN FOR HAND-SPUN

Centripetal Mittens is a pattern that creates a pair of mitts using the brioche stitch. It is a great pattern to introduce knitters to brioche knitting and for hand-spun long color repeating yarn.

Suggestions given in pattern to make mitts with hand-spun or with commercial yarn. Spinning suggestions for fiber and finishing your hand-spun yarn also included in the pattern.

With 2 color brioche a fabric is created that is reversible but one side has a completely different look from the other side. This brioche pattern is unique as a cable has been added, not just a cable but also a reversible cable using double knitting.
Go to @knitclass on Instagram for videos of brioche stitches used in this pattern and other continental knitting stitches.

Gauge
20 sts/28 rows = 4 inches/10 cm stockinette st
14 sts/44 brioche rows = 4 inches/10 cm brioche stitch
1 brioche st = slipped st with its yo

Commercial Yarn
1 skein each of 2 coordinating colors of Knit Picks Chroma Worsted, 70% wool, 30% nylon, worsted weight, 198yds/178m 3.5oz/100g per skein

Notions

  • Yarn Needle
  • 2 Cable Needles
  • Stitch Markers
  •  2 Closed Opening Stitch Markers

Needles
US 6 (4.00mm) dpns

Finished Hand-Spun Yarn Fiber:
Color A: 2 ounces/55gmsThree Waters Farm Finn Wool Top Colorway, Summer Heat
Color B: 2 ounces /110gms Woolgatherings Finnish Top Colorway, Brown
WPI: 12 - 13
Weight: DK, light worsted
Ply: Navajo Ply
Yardage: wristers 175(200, 225); mitts 125(150, 200)
Drafting Method: forward short draw worsted
Spinning Tools: Ashford Joy spinning wheel, Ashford Tensioned Lazy Kate