PDF knitting pattern for a pair of fingerless mitts/gloves with a beautiful swan on the front of each. The palms of the mitts are plain.

The mitts in the photographs were knitted in Regia 4-fadig, Shade 02743, which is denim blue. The swans are in white Rowan pure wool 4ply. Other colours needed are small amounts in black and yellow for beaks and eyes, grey for division of feathers and dark blue for the narrow patch of water below the swans.

The gloves could be knitted in any 4ply weight wool, cashmere or cotton.

The motifs are knitted using the intarsia method, but the mitts could be knitted in plain stocking stitch and the pattern added afterwards using duplicate stitch/Swiss darning.

The pattern comprises of charts for both left and right mitt, using symbols to show the swan design, together with typed knitting instructions.

The approximate measurements for the mitts are: 8.5cm/3.25” wide (unstretched and not counting the thumb), 13cm/5” long from top of rib to cast-off edge and 2.5cm/1” long rib. The mitts could be made slightly larger or smaller by altering the size of the needles.

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