{"id":1968,"date":"2019-02-01T11:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T11:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2019-02-01T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T11:27:35","slug":"teddys-mittens-free-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"Teddy’s Mittens (free pattern)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello m’lovelies.<\/p>\n

We have had our first snow of the winter! Well, the first snow that has hung around. And whilst I HATE driving in it, especially when I have 5 chicks spread far and wide, I blooming LOVE the effects, and every outing, whether it’s a school-run or a walk, is an excuse to drag along the camera.<\/p>\n

This was the first school-run of this morning’s three \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Anyway, I digress.<\/p>\n

Last week, in the midst of course of various other millions of started-and-not-finished projects, I realised that my little Ted was the only one not currently in possession of a pair of gloves. Fortunately, the extremely chilly walk on which I discovered this – at Derwent Reservoir in January – I had brought along my Seaglass Mittens<\/a> as well as my own gloves, so Ted had those for the day. They were, of course, ridiculously big.<\/p>\n

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With his beloved Gengar, who goes absolutely blooming everywhere with him <3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I had a rummage through my stash and pulled out a ball of Willow & Lark Ramble<\/a> in Feather Grey, and another of Willow & Lark Plume<\/a> in Marmalade. It was also my first opportunity to try the rather bonkers SQUARE circular needles<\/a>, I’d bought (size 4mm).<\/p>\n

Don’t they look just blooming GORGEOUS together??<\/p>\n

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The temperature was plummeting and snow being threatened<\/del> promised left, right and centre, so it became my handbag knitting, dragged from pillar to post and giving me the excuse to sit and wait from time to time.<\/p>\n

(Whimsical aside: one of the reasons I love knitting so much, apart from being thoroughly addicted to yarn of all descriptions, is that it is one of the only<\/em> ways I am able to force myself to slow down. I’m a massive fan of slow living, but with five sons, autism in the family, a house half-renovated, and several businesses to run, it’s not the easiest. So when I can, I’ll sit and knit, and I find the slow, methodical, rhythmical creation of perfect identical stitches utterly meditative. It’s the very best therapy.)<\/p>\n

So, car-knitting. I’m designated driver, so car-knitting only happens when I’m waiting. But thanks to over-running after-school clubs, late buses, and teenagers not answering their phones, I manage to fit in a fair bit whilst stationary.<\/p>\n

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That one gives you a nice close-up of the cubics, doesn’t it? I’m quite a fan.<\/p>\n

I sewed in the last of the ends at around 11pm last night. And somewhere around 2 or 3am the snow arrived.<\/p>\n

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And Teddy walked to school in his mittens. Delighted. But probably mostly because of the snow.<\/p>\n

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Me? Mostly because of Teddy <3<\/p>\n

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How to:<\/h1>\n

(These will fit most kids and dainty adult hands. Teddy is 8 years old).<\/p>\n

Cast on 40 stitches Ramble.<\/p>\n

K2, P2 rib for about 2 inches, then knit around 4 times.<\/p>\n

Begin the thumb increases:<\/p>\n

K18, place marker, K1fb, K1fb, place marker, K20<\/p>\n

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  • K around Plume, slipping markers when you get to them<\/li>\n
  • K to marker, slip it, K1fb, K to 1 stitch before marker, K1fb, slip marker and K to end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Repeat these last two rows until you have 14 stitches between the markers, ending on a Ramble row.<\/p>\n

    With Plume, K to first marker and place the 14 thumb stitches on scrap yarn, cast on 2, K to end. (You’ll have 40 stitches in all again).<\/p>\n

    Now alternate rows between Ramble and Plume until you are about an inch from the top of your fingers. (For Ted, this was 19 rows of Plume altogether).<\/p>\n

    Begin the decreases:<\/p>\n

    With 20 stitches on each needle for front and back:<\/p>\n

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    • K1, SSK, K to three before end, K2tog, K1. Repeat for the next 20.<\/li>\n
    • K around all stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      When you have 20 stitches left, bind off using the Kitchener stitch.<\/p>\n

      For the thumb:<\/p>\n

      Using Ramble, pick up the 14 stitches from the scrap yarn and pick up 2 from the gusset. K around until you reach the top of your thumb. Then k2tog around (8) And again (4), then sew through the live stitches, pull together and sew in ends.<\/p>\n

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