CHILD’S KNITTED MITTENS
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2 Skeins Wool
4 Steel Needles No. 14
Cast on 48 stitches, 16 on each of three needles. Knit 2, purl 2, for 25 rounds. This makes the wrist.
For the Hand. Knit plain for 5 rounds. 6th round: knit 2 stitches into the first stitch (1 stitch in the front and 1 stitch in the back of the stitch, thus increasing 1 stitch without making a hole), knit 1, knit 2 into the next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 10th 35round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 3, knit 2 into the next stitch, knit plain to the end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 14th round: knit 2 into the 1st stitch, knit 5, knit 2 into the next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 18th round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 7, knit 2 into next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 22nd round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 9, knit 2 into next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain. 26th round: knit 2 into 1st stitch, knit 11, knit 2 into next stitch, knit plain to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. Cast on 3 stitches, slip the first 15 stitches for the thumb on to a piece of thread, and knit plain to the end of the round. There should now be 48 stitches in the round. Knit 14 rounds plain. * Knit 6, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 5, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 4, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 3, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain. * Knit 2, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 1 round plain. * Knit 1, knit 2 together, repeat from * to end of round. Knit 2 together, until you have decreased to 6 stitches, slip them off on to a thread, and fasten securely on the wrong side.
To make the Thumb—Slip the 15 stitches on the thread off on to 3 needles, pick up the 3 stitches cast on: there will now be 18 stitches in the round. Knit 12 rounds plain. Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, and continue decreasing until there are 12 stitches in the round. Knit 1 row plain. Knit 2 together until you have decreased to 6 stitches, draw a thread through these stitches and fasten securely on the wrong side.