Simple Mitts

Needles:
• A pair of 3.75mm straight knitting needles
(US 5)
Notions:
• A darning or tapestry needle for seaming
• A stitch holder
• A small pair of scissors to cut the yarn
Yarn:
Tension:
The tension is 22 sts x 28 rows for a 10cm x
10cm square in stockinette stitch on 3.75mm

All DK weight acrylic yarns; less than 50g in
each colour:
Dark Grey
Hayfield Bonus DK in “Dark Grey Mix”
Light Grey
Hayfield Bonus DK in “Light Grey Mix”
DK yarn is also known as double knit

Mittens
Make 2. Cast on 40 sts in dark
grey on straight 3.75mm needles.
Start at the cuff.
Work rows 1 to 16 in dark grey.
Row 1 (WS): [k1, p1] to the end of
the row (40 sts)
Rows 2 to 15: rep row 1 fourteen
times (40 sts)
Row 16 (RS): k5, [m1, k10] x 3, m1,
k5 (44 sts)
Work rows 17 to 42 in light grey
and dark grey stripes.
Row 17: in light grey p (44 sts)
Row 18: in light grey k (44 sts)
Row 19: in dark grey p (44 sts)
Row 20: in dark grey k20, m1, k4,
m1, k20 (46 sts)
Row 21: in light grey p (46 sts)
Row 22: in light grey k20, m1, k6,
m1, k20 (48 sts)
Row 23: in dark grey p (48 sts)
Row 24: in dark grey k20, m1, k8,
m1, k20 (50 sts)
Row 25: in light grey p (50 sts)
Row 26: in light grey k20, m1, k10,
m1, k20 (52 sts)
Row 27: in dark grey p (52 sts)
Row 28: in dark grey k20, m1, k12,
m1, k20 (54 sts)
Row 29: in light grey p (54 sts)
Row 30: in light grey k20, m1, k14,
m1, k20 (56 sts)
Row 31: in dark grey p (56 sts)
Row 32: in dark grey k20, m1, k16,
m1, k20 (58 sts)
Row 33: in light grey p (58 sts)
Row 34: in light grey k (58 sts)
Row 35: in dark grey p (58 sts)
Row 36: in dark grey k21, slip the
next 16 sts onto a stitch holder for
the thumb, k21 (42 sts)
Row 37: in light grey p (42 sts)
Row 38: in light grey k (42 sts)
Row 39: in dark grey p (42 sts)
Row 40: in dark grey k (42 sts)
Row 41: in light grey p (42 sts)
Row 42: in light grey k (42 sts)
Work rows 43 to 47 in dark grey.
Row 43: p (42 sts)
Row 44: [k1, p1] to the end of the
row (42 sts)
Rows 45 to 47: rep row 44 three
times (42 sts)
Cast off these 42 sts in dark grey.
THUMB
Place the held 16 sts for the thumb
onto the knitting needle, with the
RS facing you.
Work rows 1 to 4 in dark grey.
Row 1 (RS): [k1, p1] to the end of
the row (16 sts)
Rows 2 to 4: rep row 1 three times
(16 sts)
Cast off these 16 sts in dark grey.
Making up
Sew the side edges of the mitten
together. Sew the side edges of
the thumb together. Weave in the
yarn tails to finish.