About the pattern

This pattern was born many years ago when I was mainly selling hand-knit items. The plain design was intended to go with absolutely any of my hat / shawls to work as a set without distracting from the main accessory. Many knitters liked their simplicity and had asked for them to be written up as a pattern even before I started publishing patterns as a designer.
They are knit from the cuff up with a rounded tip and an Indian thumb gusset.
This pattern includes 2 types of instructions:

• Written pattern for 3 standard female sizes if you meet pattern gauge;
• Recipe to calculate for a different gauge / size.

Sizes
This pattern includes 3 sizes S (M, L) for hand circumference of 16-17 (18-19, 20-21) cm or 6.5 (7, 7.5)” for the default gauge or recipe for any other.
Length can be easily adjusted.

Yarn
The pattern is calculated for Drops ‘Air’ (can be substituted for any othersport to DK-weight (~250-300 m / 275-325 yds per 100g/3.5oz) yarn to get gauge, OR replaced with any other yarn weight to follow the recipe.
I suggest using yarns with high animal fiber content.

If using suggested yarn, you will need ~200-300 m / 220-330 yds (exact yardage will depend on the size and cuff length you knit).

Needles: I used 3.5mm / US 4 needles to get the gauge of 24 sts by 32 rounds in original yarn (used as default in the pattern)

Required skills

• Knitting in the round
• Bulgarian cast on (video tutorial provided)
• Basic increases with twisted yarnovers (video tutorial provided)
• Basic decreases (k2tog, ssk)

Please note, some of the pattern photos are from my testers who are not on Ravelry. You can see many more FO’s from this pattern on Instagram under the Russian pattern hashtag (clickable): #варежки_basic

Pattern tech-edited and translated into English by Olga Barshai GingerHandcrafts