CHILD’S MITTENS
Reading edition
(Courtesy of S. B. & B. W. Fleisher, Incorporated)
2 Skeins Dresden Saxony
4 Steel Needles No. 14
Begin with 40 stitches. Knit 2, plain and 2 purl for 4 inches for wristband. Knit 4 rows plain, knit 18, widen 1, knit 2, widen 1, knit 18. Knit 18, widen 1, knit 4, widen 1, knit 18, and continue in this way until you have 16 stitches between the widenings. This widening is for the thumb. Take on a separate needle. Put all other stitches on 1 needle, and knit 20 rows plain. Narrow 1 in every row, on each end and in the middle of needle, until you have 3 stitches left, bind off and sew up.
To finish Thumb.—Knit 15 rows, pull your thread through stitches, pull together, and sew up.
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