Knitting mittens for children
Guide for mittens for children
Material: 100 g red wool, Fb 30, quality "Bel Air" (90% merino wool, 10% polyamide, run length 130 m / 50 g) from GGH, knitting needles No. 7.
Note: It is possible that the given wool can not be bought anymore. In this case, you are looking for a similar quality. Please note the specified run length and do a stitch test!
The gloves are knitted with triple thread!
Bund pattern: 1st round: 1 st at left, 1 st at right, alternating. 2nd row: * 1 st at the left, lift the right st with the thread behind the right needle, then repeat from *. Always repeat the 1st and 2nd Rs.
Pattern: smooth right (right rows, back rows left).
Knitting tension: Knitted in the basic pattern yield 12 M x 24 R = 10x10 cm.
Right glove: Cast on 22 sts and knit 5 cm in the border pattern, continue to knit in the basic pattern. 5 cm from waistband for the thumb on both sides of the outer 4 sts separately 3.5 cm, then cast off 2x2 sts and cast off in the following R the remaining 2 sts. Continue the remaining 14 sts, inc 2 sts on each side = 18 sts. 13 cm from the bottom in the following 4 rows remove the first, middle and last sts on each row. At a height of 16 cm from the waistband bind off the remaining sts.
Right glove: Knit the same as the right glove.
elaboration: Sew the gloves together.
