Gloaming

CONSTRUCTION

• Mittens are worked in the round from bottom up.
• Thumb is worked using side-gore shaping; upon completion of the gusset, thumb stitches are placed on waste yarn and the remainder of the mitten is worked circularly to fingertips.
• Mitten tops are grafted closed using Kitchener Stitch.
• Upon completion of main body of mitten, you will return to the held stitches at the gusset and work the Thumb circularly.

GAUGE

• 8 stitches & 8 rounds = 1″ in 2-color circular stranded Stockinette with Gauge Needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

NEEDLES

• One set of Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) or long circular (if working Magic Loop Method) in size needed to obtain colorwork gauge listed
• Suggested Size: US 3 (3¼ mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 8″ hand circumference, 11½” length from base of ribbed hem to fingertip, 2¼” thumb length

Please note, the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

4 colors of fingering-weight wool yarn

• Color 1 (C1): approximately 60 yards
• Color 2 (C2): approximately 55 yards
• Color 3 (C3): approximately 50 yards
• Color 4 (C4): approximately 50 yards

YARN

• 1 skein each of 4 colors of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in Pumpernickel (C1), Woodsmoke (C2), Truffle Hunt (C3), Stormcloud(C4)