Plaited Mittens by Debbie O'Neill

Plaited Mittens

Knitting
November 2011
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
180 - 300 yards (165 - 274 m)
Women’s small (medium, large)
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Finished Size
Women’s small (medium, large) – approximately 63/4 (71/2, 81/4)” circumference, unstretched. Mittens shown in medium.

Yarn
Kollage Glisten (70% alpaca, 25% silk, 5% estelline ; 91 yd 83 m/50 g): #7314 burlywood, 2 (2, 3) skeins.

Needles
Size 4 (3.5 mm): double point.

Notions
Scrap yarn (I recommend a couple of yards of a smooth, worsted weight cotton in a contrasting color); 4.5mm crochet hook; stitch markers; tapestry needle.

Gauge
23 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st.