Craic Mittens by Jane Ellison

Craic Mittens

Knitting
September 2017
Knoll Yarns Mohair Tweed DK (50g balls)
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Rib pattern
US 5 - 3.75 mm
230 - 241 yards (210 - 220 m)
to fit the average sized hand
English
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For this pattern I used:

YARN
Two 50g balls of Knoll Mohair Tweed (70% merino/30% mohair, 110m/120yds per 50g).
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METRES/YARDAGE
220m/240yds.

NEEDLES
Set of four double pointed 3.75mm knitting needles.

NOTION
Cable needle (optional).

TENSION/GAUGE
24 stitches and 28 rows to 10cm square over rib pattern when using 3.75mm needles.

MEASUREMENTS
to fit average sized hand.

MY DESIGN IDEAS AND ADVICE
This pattern is one of eight pattern that I designed to launch especially at Yarndale 2017 along with the Knoll Mohair Tweed DK which was also just launched that year. The yarn is spun in Donegal so I named all the patterns using Irish words, Gael (pronounced gale) is the Irish word for an Irish person or a Scottish highlander – the essence of identity.
I love the cable on this mitten, it’s one of my favourites and I have used it on a few other designs so far – you can have matching socks as I used it on the Gael Socks, another design is the Farrimond Cardigan from my Simple Knits book and then there is Farrimond’s Cushion.

Click on the following links for my How To videos that may help with this pattern: Casting onto dpns or Simple Cable