CHILD’S KNITTED MITTENS—Illustrated
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1 Skein 3-Thread Saxony Wool
2 Steel Needles No. 15
Cast on 52 stitches. Knit 2, purl 2, for 39 rows. Knit 4 rows plain. Next row: increase 1 stitch on each end of needle, making 54 stitches on 34needle. Knit 4 rows plain. Knit 48 stitches, increase 1, knit 4, increase 1, turn work, knit across. Knit 48, increase 1, knit 6, increase 1, turn work, knit across. Knit 48, increase 1, knit 8, increase 1, turn work, knit across. Increase in this way until you have 68 stitches on the needle. Knit 6 rows.
To make the Thumb—Knit 20, turn work, knit 3 rows. Knit 2, narrow (by knitting 2 stitches together), knit 12, narrow, knit 2. Knit 9 rows. Knit 2, narrow, knit 10, narrow, knit 2, turn work, knit back. Knit 2, narrow, knit 3, narrow, knit 3, narrow, knit 2, turn work, knit back. Knit 1, narrow, knit 1, narrow, knit 1, narrow, knit 1, narrow, turn work, knit back. Knit 2, narrow, narrow, narrow, knit 1, turn work, knit back. Knit 1 row, bind off.
To make the Hand—Beginning at the side of the thumb, with the 48 stitches left on the needle, knit 17 ridges. Knit 3, narrow, knit 14, narrow, knit 6, narrow, knit 14, narrow, knit 3, turn work, knit back. Knit 3, narrow, knit 12, narrow, knit 6, narrow, knit 12, narrow, knit 3, turn work, knit back. Knit 3, narrow, knit 10, narrow, knit 6, narrow, knit 10, narrow, knit 3, turn work, knit back. Decrease in this way until there are 16 stitches on the needle, turn work, knit back. Knit 2, narrow, narrow, knit 4, narrow, narrow, knit 2, turn work, knit back. There should now be 12 stitches on the needle. Bind off and sew up.