West Coast Mittens by Diana Twiss

West Coast Mittens

Knitting
June 2021
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 16 rows = 4 inches
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
100 - 120 yards (91 - 110 m)
Adult small, medium, and large
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Knitted in the round, this is a simple and straightforward knit for a set of half-mitts. The mock rib pattern gives some stretch like a rib stitch, but it is faster. At round 19 you have a choice to make a simple thumb opening, or to set stitches aside for a knitted thumb.

They are a great project for hand spun yarns, requiring about 60 gram (2 ounces) and 100 - 120 yards of DK weight yarn. To get different sizes I simply changed my needle size from 2.75mm for small; 3.25mm for medium; 3.5mm for large.

Yarn: 60 grams (2 oz) of DK yarn
Needles: 3.25mm or 3.5mm DPN (double pointed needles)
Tapestry needle, waste yarn, scissors
Size: women’s medium (to make it larger use slightly larger needles 3.5mm, to make a smaller mitt, use 2.75 needles)
Gauge: a mitten is a swatch