Flower Bed Mitts
Covered with an assortment of colourwork flowers, the Flower Bed Mitts are the perfect project for fans of stranded colourwork. Seeing the different flowers form as you knit makes these mitts difficult to put down!
Sizing
Sizes: 1 (2, 3)
Finished hand circumference: 7 (8, 9)” / 18 (20.5, 23) cm
To measure the circumference of your hand measure your palm horizontally just below your knuckles (at the widest part of your hand), keeping your fingers relaxed.
These mitts are designed to be worn with either zero ease or up to 1” of positive ease, so if you’re between sizes I would recommend choosing the larger size.
The sample mitts are shown in size 1 on 6.5” / 16.5 cm circumference hands.
Yarn
Main colour (background colour): Fingering weight yarn
32 (40, 50) grams
128 (160, 200) yards
117 (146, 183) metres
Contrast colour: Fingering weight yarn
16 (20, 24) grams
64 (80, 96) yards
59 (73, 88) metres
Suggested Yarn
Main colour (white with speckles): 1 skein of Spectrum Fibre Twisted Sock, colour ‘Origami’ (80% SW Merino, 20% Nylon) - 100 grams / 400 yards / 365 metres per skein.
Contrast colour: 1 skein of Spectrum Fibre Twisted Sock, colour ‘Teal’ (80% SW Merino, 20% Nylon) - 100 grams / 400 yards / 365 metres per skein.
Needles
2.25mm - 9” / 23 cm circular, or your preferred needle type for small circumference knitting (use the needle size needed to achieve gauge).
You will need a spare circular needle which is 2.25mm or smaller for the Tubular Bind Off.
Notions
- Row counter
- 1 stitch marker (for beginning of round)
- Waste yarn (to hold thumb stitches)
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
38 sts & 46 rnds in a 4 x 4 inch (10 x 10 cm) square worked in the round following the chart, blocked.
Techniques
- Knitting
- Purling
- Working in the round
- Ribbing
- Stranded colourwork
- Trapping floats in stranded colourwork
- Working from a chart (the colourwork for this pattern is charted only)
- Increasing (M1L and M1R)
- Picking up stitches
- Long Tail Tubular cast on
- Backwards Loop cast on
- Tubular bind off
Learn More
Read my blog post for an in-depth look at the Flower Bed Mitts pattern.