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Product Details
Spring is here and the butterflies are once again flitting...
Knit a cheerful pair of butterfly flitting mitts for spring days with a slight chill still in the air.
Skills required: Knitting in the round (either dpns or magic loop). Stranded colourwork (although this is an easy one if you want to try it for the first time!) Reading colourwork charts Increasing Decreasing Picking up stitches for thumb (link to tutorial in pattern).
Materials: 80 (90) yards of main colour (sample used Drops Alpaca - Teal 2919 50 (55) yards of contrast colour 1 (sample used Drops Alpaca - Dark Lime 2916 12 (14) yards of contrast colour 2 (sample used Drops Alpaca - Orange 2915) Other sport weight yarn could be substituted to achieve tension/gauge. 3.5mm / US 4 circular needle (using magic loop) or dpns Stitch marker Tapestry needle
Sizing Small/medium size to fit hand circumference of 7" to 8", Medium/large size to fit hand circumference of 8" to 9".
- Brand
- Independent Designer
- Craft
- Knitting
- Designer
- Sarah Wylie
- Format
- Downloadable PDF
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Needles: please note EITHER double points OR circular needed, not both. Small length of waste yarn needed for thumb
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yarn Weight
