Designer: Elizabeth Rislove Etler
The Meriel Mitts are a pair of simple, elegant fingerless mitts. Worked in the round from cuff to palm, they have an easy-to-memorize twisted cable pattern placed along the outside edge of the top of each mitt and a few racing stripes of twisted rib worked in place of traditional seams.
Materials: 210-240 yds [192-219 m] of light sportweight or heavy fingering-weight yarn.
Yarn Details: 2-ply hand-spun light sportweight BFL, 14-15 wpi.
Needles: US2 [2.75 mm] circulars or DPNs for knitting in the round; cable needle
Gauge: 7 stitches and 12 rows per 1” square [2.5 cm] in stockinette.
Finished Sizes: s (m,l) 6.5 (7.5, 8.5)”/16.5, (19, 21.5) cm circumference; LONG VERSION: 11.5 (12, 12)”/29 (30.5, 30.5) cm long; SHORT VERSION: 8.25 (8.75, 8.75)”/21 (22.5, 22.5) cm long.
Other: 4 stitch markers, tapestry needle for darning, waste yarn for thumb stitches.
Yarn Details: 2-ply hand-spun light sportweight BFL, 14-15 wpi.
Needles: US2 [2.75 mm] circulars or DPNs for knitting in the round; cable needle
Gauge: 7 stitches and 12 rows per 1” square [2.5 cm] in stockinette.
Finished Sizes: s (m,l) 6.5 (7.5, 8.5)”/16.5, (19, 21.5) cm circumference; LONG VERSION: 11.5 (12, 12)”/29 (30.5, 30.5) cm long; SHORT VERSION: 8.25 (8.75, 8.75)”/21 (22.5, 22.5) cm long.
Other: 4 stitch markers, tapestry needle for darning, waste yarn for thumb stitches.
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