Stephanie Pearl McPhee’s Cloisonee mitten caught my attention the other day – oodles of bright colors on the cuff – and even though I am in the middle of a few knitting projects, I had to try them out. The cuff is what makes the mitten, and the fact you can do it in any colors you want, and as long as you want, make it a fun project. Being a magpie, I flew to it!
I did change the pattern, though. I did not have any worsted weight hanging around, but a lot of double knitting weight. I had some Heilo, some Cowboy Colors, and pushed them together until I found a pleasing arrangement. My gauge is 6 sts / inch on size 3 needles with this yarn, so I did the largest pattern. I also want to note that with an increase of 4 sts. after the cuff is done, and picking up only 1 st where the thumb stitches are, the knitter is still left with 44 sts. on the needle (unless I missed something). As a result, the final decreases, done every 5th st. will not work out. I picked up another stitch to make the final hand a multiple of 5 stitches – 45.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 