PATTERN DESCRIPTION

Springtime for me is full of hope and renewal. My mood lightenes dramatically and I begin to feel inspiration once again in everything I do, but especially knitting. I enjoy working in my flower gardens and I have a plant I particularly love with beautiful green leaves and bright, happy yellow flowers called Dasiphora. This time of year the horse pasture is also filled with beautiful buttercups and it brings a smile to my face walking through them. I designed these mitts with hopes that as I wear them through the cold months it will remind me of this time of the year, a time I truly love for the happiness it brings me. 

Skills - Intermediate
channel island cast on, knit, purl, increasing (thumb gusset), knitting in the round, stranded colorwork (3 colors at a time), crochet tecniques such as crab stitch, chaining, and slip stitch.

This pattern includes a video I produced showing how to work the special tecniques for these mitts.

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PATTERN INFO

Sizing
Pattern is written for one size. When knit to correct gauge it will fit palm circumference of 7.25-8”

Yarn
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport -OR- any sport weight wool yarn.
50g/125 total yards  (main color: 32g/71yd, contrast color 1: 14g/31yd, contrast color 2: 8g/19yd)

Needles
US1/2.25mm DPNs
US2/3.0mm DPNs (this is an odd in between size. Go up to US3/3.25mm if needed)
Size C crochet hook

Gauge
Colorwork with larger needles: 14 sts & 14 rows = 2”
Purl rounds with smaller needles: 13.5 sts = 2”

Notions
3 stitch markers, one for beginning of the round & two for thumb gusset
Tapestry needle & scissors

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©2022, Caryn Prouty. All rights reserved. This pattern and photos are property of RDP Knits and may not be altered, shared, or sold. You’re welcome to sell finished products made with this pattern, but please give design credit.