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Ainur Berkimbayeva For Purl Soho Herringbone Mittens PDF
Ainur Berkimbayeva For Purl Soho Herringbone Mittens PDF
Mittens
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Ainur Berkimbayeva, master of both logic and beauty, has perhaps outdone herself with
her breathtaking Herringbone Mittens. These mittens will knock your socks off!
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Ainur’s Herringbone Mittens turn your hands into mutable sculptures, flickering and
morphing, both defining and confounding the planes of your hands. They are endlessly
fascinating and a true tour de force!
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As mind-boggling as these mittens look, making them is all very straightforward. You
build each mitten from bottom-up, working two colors at a time in stranded colorwork
and following along with charts that make perfect sense of the construction.
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And why make the effort if the yarn doesn’t live up to the integrity of the design? In our
Posy, it does! A mix of superwash merino, cashmere, and a touch of nylon for durability,
the gentle undulations of Posy’s hand-dyed color adds a whole other layer of complexity
and beauty!
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A wonderful challenge whose reward is a feeling of accomplishment, as well as one heck
of a pair of mittens, these Herringbone Mittens are why we knitters knit!
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Designed for Purl Soho by Ainur Berkimbayeva.
Materials
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Purl Soho’s Posy, 75% superwash merino, 15% cashmere, 10% nylon. Each skein is
approximately 318 yards/100 grams.
Main Color: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) skein; approximately 60 (85, 95, 140, 180) yards
required. We used Azalea Glow for Child Medium sample, Black Cherry for
Adult Small sample, and Teal Twilight for Adult Medium sample.
Contrast Color: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) skein; approximately 55 (80, 90, 135, 175) yards
required. We used Heirloom White (all sizes).
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NOTE: You can use Pocket Posy instead of Posy for this pattern, but we no longer carry
all the colors in Pocket Posy. If you decide to go this route, just divide the number of
yards required by Pocket Posy’s yardage of 79, round up, and buy that many skeins!
Gauge
32 stitches and 35 rounds = 4 inches in Pin Stripe Pattern
Sizes
Child Small (Child Medium, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large)
Notes
Construction
You will work these stranded colorwork mittens in the round from the cuff up. To make
Thumb Hole, you work stitches with scrap yarn, then later remove scrap yarn and pick
up live stitches to work Thumb in the round.
Special Instructions
Markers
While the pattern recommends placing markers between palm stitches and top-of-hand
stitches, you may choose to omit markers and simply split stitches so they are on two
needles each (for double pointed needles), or on a separate needle ends (for magic
loop).
Color Dominance
For best results, float CC under MC throughout. If you knit with one color in each hand,
hold CC in your left hand and MC in your right hand.
Trapping Floats
NOTE For help with this technique, please visit our Trapping Floats Tutorial.
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While shaping tips of mittens, trap CC strand at wrong side of work as indicated on
charts. This will prevent overly long floats that might catch on fingers.
Slip next three stitches purlwise, one at a time. Insert left into front of three slipped
stitches and knit them together. [2 stitches decreased]
Every Round: With MC, k1, *with CC, k1; with MC, k1, repeat from * to next marker or
end of round.
Charts
Throughout this pattern you will follow along with charts that indicate colors and
stitches. Download the PDF for the size Mittens you are making and keep your set of
charts handy!
Pattern
Right Mitten
Cast On
With Main Color (MC), use Long Tail Cast On to cast on 43 (51, 55, 63, 71) stitches.
Divide as evenly as possible on 3 double pointed needles, and place marker (pm) for
beginning of round (see Special Instructions: Markers).
Set-Up Round: P21 (25, 27, 31, 35), pm, purl to end of round.
Hand
Round 1: Work in Pin Stripe Pattern (see Special Instructions) to next marker, slip
marker (sm), work Row 1 of Right Hand Chart (see Special Instructions) for your size to
end of round.
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Continue in Pin Stripe Pattern and Right Hand Chart, as established, repeating Rows 1-
10 of Chart until piece measures 2¾ (3¼, 4, 4, 5½) inches.
Contine Hand
Continue in Pin Stripe Pattern and Right Hand Chart, as established, until you have
worked 10-row repeat of Right Hand Chart a total of 5 (6, 6, 7, 8) times.
Shape Top
Next Round: Work Round 51 (61, 61, 71, 81) of Pin Stripe Hand Top Chart for your size,
sm, work Round 51 (61, 61, 71, 81) of Right Hand Chart to end of round.
Work to end of Pin Stripe Hand Top and Right Hand Charts, as established. [10 (10, 10,
14, 14) stitches remain]
Cut CC.
Place Pin Stripe stitches on one needle and Right Hand stitches on another needle. [5
(5, 5, 7, 7) stitches on each needle]
Left Mitten
Work Cast On section of Right Mitten.
Hand
Round 1: Work in Pin Stripe Pattern to next marker, sm, work Row 1 of Left Hand Chart
for your size to end of round.
Continue working Pin Stripe Pattern and Left Hand Chart, as established, repeating
Rows 1-10 of Chart until piece measures 2¾ (3¼, 4, 4, 5½) inches.
Continue Hand
Continue working Pin Stripe Pattern and Left Hand Chart, as established, until you
have worked 10-row Chart-repeat a total of 5 (6, 6, 7, 8) times.
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Place Pin Stripe Pattern stitches on one needle and Left Hand stitches on another
needle. [5 (5, 5, 7, 7) stitches on each needle]
Shape Top
Next Round: Work Round 51 (61, 61, 71, 81) of Pin Stripe Hand Top Chart for your size,
sm, work Round 51 (61, 61, 71, 81) of Left Hand Chart to end of round.
Work to end of Pin Stripe Hand Top and Left Hand Charts, as established. [10 (10, 10,
14, 14) stitches remain]
Cut CC.
Place Pin Stripe stitches on one needle and Left Hand stitches on another needle. [5 (5,
5, 7, 7) stitches on each needle]
Thumbs
Remove scrap yarn from Thumb Hole, catching each stitch on a double pointed needle
as you release it. Use one needle for stitches below scrap yarn and another needle for
stitches above scrap yarn. [16 (18, 22, 24, 26) total stitches: 8 (9, 11, 12, 13) stitches on
each needle]
Round 1: [Work 8 (9, 11, 12, 13) stitches in established Pin Stripe Pattern, pick up and
knit 1 stitch in gap at side of Thumb Hole] 2 times. [18 (20, 24, 26, 28) stitches]
Continue in established Pin Stripe Pattern until Thumb measures 1 (1½, 2, 2, 2¼)
inch(es).
Shape Top
NOTE: If making Child Small and Adult Medium sizes, be sure to work Right Thumb
Top Chart for Right Mitten and Left Thumb Top Chart for Left Mitten. All other sizes
use the same chart for both Mittens,
Put first 3 (4, 4, 3, 4) stitches on one needle and remaining 3 (4, 4, 3, 4) stitches on
another needle.
Finishing
Weave in all ends, closing holes at base of Thumbs. Block as desired.
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