ALL PROCEEDS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE RAFAEL GRIGORIAN BALLET THEATRE

ITEM DESCRIPTION
The Nutcracker Ballet is a timeless Christmastime classic based on the story by E.T.A Hoffmann about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King. My daughter studies classical ballet and performs with the adjacent ballet company to the school and this year I wanted to design nutcracker mittens to sell to raise money for the company to help with production costs.

I designed three fingerless mitts: the Nutcracker Prince, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy. I wrote the patterns up and they are available as single patterns or the eBook which includes all three.

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Skills - Intermediate to Advanced
casting on, knit, purl, increasing, knitting in the round, stranded colorwork (more than 2 colors), thumb gusset, Latvian braid.

I do provide video links for certain techniques, including Latvian braid but this mitten uses 2 & 3 colors stranded and duplicate stitching at the end.

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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, 55g / 150yd total.

Needles
US 1 / 2.25mm DPNs
US2 / 2.75mm DPNs (optional)
US 3 / 3.25mm DPNs
Could use long circular needle for magic loop if desired.

Gauge
Measured on colorwork stockinette, knit with larger needles
12.5-13 sts & 14 rows = 2”

Notions
Tapestry needle, scissors, stitch holder or scrap yarn, tape measure.

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Please do not sell or reproduce any written or photographic content of this pattern. You may sell items made from this pattern but please mention my shop for design credit.