I grew up in in Fredericton, New Brunswick and still call it home today. There are a number of local nicknames for certain parts of town and one of my favourites is Rabbit Town. Thought to be named for the practice of blue collar workers snaring rabbits and even breeding rabbits in the area for food or you can read more about the history at the link provided. In any case, Rabbit Town is proudly displayed on various signs and trails in the area.
The Opulent Alpaca supplied some yarn that I used for some of these samples. You can visit their site here.
This pattern has been professionally tech-edited.
Knit in the round, Rabbit Town Mittens are warm stranded colourwork mittens, worked with a ribbed cuff lining, a braided trim and a comfortable thumb gusset using worsted weight wool.
Size & Finished measurements:
• Small: child’s large/woman’s small 18 cm (7 “) circumference and 23 cm (9 “) long
• Medium: woman’s medium 19 cm (7.5 “) circumference and 26 cm (10 “) long
• Large: woman’s large 20 cm (8 “) circumference and 28 cm (11 “) long
Materials:
• 3 Skeins (1 main colour, 1 contrast colour, 1 cuff contrast colour) of worsted weight wool
• 104 - 120 metres (115 - 130 yards) main colour
• 80 - 90 metres (90 - 100 yards) contrast colour
• 20 - 23 metres (21 - 25 yards) cuff contrast colour
• Small: 3.0 mm/ 2 1/2 US needles for ribbed cuff, 3.5 mm/ 4 US needles for mitten body
• Medium: 3.5 mm/ 4 US needles for ribbed cuff, 4.0 mm/ 6 US needles for mitten body
• Large: 4.0 mm/6 US needles for ribbed cuff, 4.5 mm/ 7 US needles for mitten body
• small quantity of waste yarn
• stitch markers
Gauge:
30 (28, 26) stitches of colourwork pattern equals 10 cm (4 inches) after blocking. To save time and to ensure accurate sizing, check gauge.