Hege Mitts

CONSTRUCTION

• Armwarmers are worked circularly from forearm/top towards hand. Slight shaping is done throughout to follow the natural shape of the forearm.

GAUGE

• Colorwork Gauge: 7 stitches & 9 rounds = 1″ in circular colorwork with Colorwork Gauge Needle
• Single-Color Stockinette Gauge: 7½ stitches & 10 rounds = 1” in circular stockinette with Stockinette Gauge Needle

NEEDLES

• One set of DPNs (or long circular, if using Magic Loop Method) in size needed to obtain Colorwork Gauge; suggested: US 2 (2¾ mm)
• One set of DPNs (or long circular) in size needed to obtain Single-Color Stockinette Gauge – this needle will likely be one size smaller than Colorwork Gauge Needle; suggested: US 1 (2¼ mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 9″ circumference at top/forearm, 7″ circumference at palm; 9” long
• Final measurements taken after blocking

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

YARDAGE

Three colors of fingering-weight yarn in the following amounts:

• 65 yards of Color 1 (C1) – shown in Snowbound (Pale Grey)
• 35 yards of Color 2 (C2) – shown in Faded Quilt (Lt. Blue)
• 125 yards of Color 3 (C3) – shown in Old World (Dk. Blue)

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g):

• 3 skeins  – one skein of each of the colors listed above, or another combination of your choosing

15 August 2012: (Version 2.0):

Two typos were corrected in the chart legend. C2 and C3 now read as follows:

• C2: Knit symbols shaded this color with Color 2.
• C3: Knit symbols shaded this color with Color 3.