Potluck Wool Mittenettes
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MIDNIGHT KNITTER

Abbreviations:
sts (stitches)
sl st (slip stitch) 
k (knit)
p (purl)
beg (beginning)

m1 = insert left needle in top of loop just below next st, knit loop  (or pick up stitch with right needle and place it onto left needle)

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Knit these mittenettes with Potluck Worsted Wool and you'll get some really cool color changes!  OR this pattern can be knit with any worsted weight yarn.  You can also follow this pattern and add more stitches at the end to make a full mitten.

needles: US 7 double pointed (4)
yarn: Cherry Tree Hill - Potluck Wool Worsted
size: to fit average women's hands


- Using US 7 dp and Potluck Wool, cast on 30 sts and divide evenly between 3 needles (10 sts each needle), mark beginning of round
- work k1, p1 ribbing for 12 rounds
- k 8 rounds
- k across next needle
- k across next needle, now move the marker from the beginning of the round to the end of this needle.  you will now call the next group of sts "needle 1"

INCREASE ROUNDS
work each needle as follows:
round one
    needle 1 - k to 2 sts from end, m1, k2
    needle 2 - k1, m1, k to end
    needle 3 - k across
round two
(and ALL even rounds)
    needle 1 - k across
    needle 2 - k across
    needle 3 - k across

(odd rounds same as round one
for needles 1 and 3, the only
change is to needle 2)

round three
    needle 2 - k2, m1, k to end
round five
    needle 2 - k3, m1, k to end
round seven
    needle 2 - k4, m1, k to end
round nine
    needle 2 - k5, m1, k to end
round eleven
    needle 2 - k6, m1, k to end

round thirteen
    needle 1 - k to 5 sts from end, place 5 sts onto holder
    needle 2 - place 5 sts onto holder, k to end
    needle 3 - k across

- with sts remaining on needles, knit 5 rounds
- k1, p1 ribbing for 5 or 6 rounds (depending on how long your fingers are, end the ribbing just before the bend in your knuckles)
- bind off in k1, p1

THUMB
- move sts from holder onto 2 dp needles, distribute evenly (or 4 sts on one, 6 sts on the other so that you know where the beg of the round is)
- with another dp, pick up 4 sts along glove edge
- k 3 rounds (or as long as you want the thumb to be)
- bind off
FOR LEFT MITTENETTE
work same as right, but at the
INCREASE ROUNDS, work as follows:
round one
    needle 1 - k to 1 st from end, m1, k1
    needle 2 - k2, m1, k to end
    needle 3 - k across
round two
(and ALL even rounds)
    needle 1 - k across
    needle 2 - k across
    needle 3 - k across

(odd rounds same as round one
for needles 2 and 3, the only
change is to needle 1)

round three
    needle 1 - k to 2 sts from end, m1, k2
round five
    needle 1 - k to 3 sts from end, m1, k3
round seven
    needle 1 - k to 4 sts from end, m1, k4
round nine
    needle 1 - k to 5 sts from end, m1, k5
round eleven
    needle 1 - k to 6 sts from end, m1, k6

round thirteen
    needle 1 - k to 5 sts from end, place 5 sts onto holder
    needle 2 - place 5 sts onto holder, k to end
    needle 3 - k across

-continue as for right mittenette

 

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